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02AMMAN4063JORDAN WILL SUPPORT SPANISH-MOROCCAN UNDERSTANDING
[...] (C) On July 23, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on the Spanish-Moroccan Understanding to Ali Al-Ayed, Personal Aide to Foreign Minister Muasher. Al-Ayed said that Jordan agreed fully with the U.S. view and would do what it could to support efforts to resolve the issue. Gnehm [...]
2002-07-23 15:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MO SP EU XF JO
02MADRID4435SPAIN: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] ACTIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA OPERATIVES BUILDING ON ARRESTS MADE IN 2001, SPANISH LAW ENFORCEMENT MADE ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OF AL QAEDA ASSOCIATES DURING 2002. IN JANUARY, POLICE ARRESTED MOROCCAN CITIZEN NAJIB CHAIB MOHAMED IN A BARCELONA SUBURB. CHAIB MOHAMED WAS ACCUSED OF BELONGING TO A TERRO [...]
2002-12-05 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SP
02VATICAN1176ANDORRA TO OPEN EMBASSY TO THE VATICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2002-03-06 13:54:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIS IT PREL SP VT VTIS
03ABUDHABI4595 DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR THE MADRID CONFERENCE ON THE
[...] On October 12, econchief called Ministry of Finance Assistant Undersecretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al- Bustani to confirm that the UAE Minister of Finance had received the Spanish invitation and to urge a concerted UAEG effort to recruit a high-level private sector delegation to travel [...]
2003-10-14 13:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP PREL IZ SP TC
03BRUSSELS4143FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE:
[...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS),which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A),provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...]
2003-08-28 18:10:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO1809 Iraq Donors Conference: Ambassador reviews
[...] (C) Ambassador Lunstead reviewed Secretary Powell's message on the upcoming Iraq Donors Conference with Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando during their October 17 meeting. Fernando listened intently to the Secretary's points and seemed genuinely interested in SIPDIS the conference. He not [...]
2003-10-17 06:15:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CE IZ SP UN
03COLOMBO1818 Iraq Donors Conference: GSL will send Paris
[...] (SBU) Following up on the Ambassador's October 17 meeting with Foreign Minister Fernando regarding the upcoming Iraq Donors Conference, polchief spoke with Sarala Fernando, the MFA's Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, on October 20. Fernando said Ananda Goonesekara, Sri Lanka's Am [...]
2003-10-20 10:35:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CE IZ SP UN
03GUATEMALA724MENCHU CASE ADVANCES IN SPAIN
[...] Summary: With broad coverage in the Guatemalan press, the Spanish Supreme Court reportedly accepted Spanish jurisdiction for Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu's case against six Guatemalan military leaders and two civilian officials linked to torture and murder of Spanish citizens in Guatemala i [...]
2003-03-19 20:25:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KJUS SP GT
03MADRID4409SPAIN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Actions against Al Qaeda Operatives Building on arrests made in 2001 and 2002, Spanish police made additional arrests of Al Qaeda suspects during 2003. In January, police arrested 16 North African (mostly Algerian) nationals in Catalunya suspected of having ties with al Qaeda operatives in [...]
2003-12-11 11:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SP
03ROME4585U/S BOLTON AND SPANISH FM PALACIO DISCUSS ARTICLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U/S BOLTON MET SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER ANA PALACIO IN ROME ON OCTOBER 3 TO DISCUSS PROGRESS ON SIGNING ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS AND SPAIN'S CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS. FM PALACIO AGREED TO REVIEW NEW ARTICLE 98 LANGUAGE THAT MAY SATISFY EU CONCERNS ABOUT SCOPE [...]
2003-10-07 12:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IR SP IAEA KICC
03SANTODOMINGO5992DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FM ON ECONOMIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND BILATERAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic channels to restore normal relations with Venezuela after President Chavez downgraded them in September. Trade/economic adviser (and daughter of President Meji [...]
2003-10-24 19:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR
03TEGUCIGALPA1724STATUS OF HONDURAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Training continues for the all volunteer Task Force Xatruch (TFX),the 370 soldier contingent Honduras plans to deploy to Iraq by mid-August. The task force is composed of 35 officers and 335 enlisted soldiers. TFX will deploy as part of the Spanish Brigade in the Polish Division [...]
2003-07-22 19:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PGOV SP PL HO
03THEHAGUE1959TERRORIST FINANCE: ETA YOUTH DEMONSTRATE IN
[...] The Basque youth movement Segi held a small demonstration in the Netherlands this weekend despite its being designated by the EU as a terrorist organization "internal" to Europe and by the Dutch government under its national sanctions law as a group with whom financial transactions are prohib [...]
2003-08-05 11:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PTER SP NL EUN
04BOGOTA2067AZNAR VISITS COLOMBIA
[...] (U) Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar came to Colombia to express his solidarity with President Alvaro Uribe's fight against terrorism and to underscore Spanish assistance to Colombia. He also addressed a forum on Democracy and Development in Latin America, organized by the International Fo [...]
2004-02-27 20:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER PGOV CO SP VE
04CARACAS3826CHAVEZ'S ANTI-IMPERIALIST MISSIONARY JOURNEY
[...] (C) President Hugo Chavez visited Spain, Libya, Russia, Iran, and Qatar during November 23-30 as part of what GOV officials called an "international offensive" to promote the new phase of the Bolivarian Revolution. In Spain, Chavez capitalized on Foreign Minister Moratino's assertion that the [...]
2004-12-10 21:13:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON VE SP RS IR QA
04MADRID1000SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA SALVATORE SCALONE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Inspector Salvatore Scalone, Supervisor, Airworthiness Unit, Technical Branch, Flight Standards Division, to travel to Madrid March 28-April 2 to attend the European BE-1900 Operators Conference prepared by Raytheon Airlines at the Hotel We [...]
2004-03-25 09:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID1002SPAIN:HUMANITARIAN AID FOR HAITI
[...] We received Spain's response to reftel from Felipe Bragado de las Heras, Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain has donated EUR 300,000 (USD 366,000 at an exchange rate of EUR 1.0=USD 1.21) to the United Nations Flash Appeal for Haiti [...]
2004-03-25 09:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PREL HA SP
04MADRID1007SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA KILMARTIN,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA/SLD William E. Kilmartin, John E. Gerrard, and David G. Kostorowski, to travel to Madrid March 28-31 to conduct meetings with Government of Spain officials regarding the Megaports Initiative. 2. As requested reftel, reservations h [...]
2004-03-25 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID1014COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRACY A. HALL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Econ Officer Tracy A. Hall to travel to Madrid from March 28-30 to attend the Meeting of the EU Northern Dimension's "Partnership in Health and Social Well-Being," which is to be chaired by Sweden. 2. Embassy understands that no further ass [...]
2004-03-25 16:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID1024SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL HAROLD LINK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Harold Link, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado to travel to Pamplona April 01-04 to participate in the International Electrotechnical Commission, Maintenance Team 12 Meeting. 2. Embassy understands [...]
2004-03-26 09:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID1027REBUILDING IRAQ: MADRID SUBCONTRACTING
[...] We are working with the Spanish Council of Chambers of Commerce to organize the April 29 Madrid visit of Admiral David Nash and delegation. The Council is open to inviting other European and Moroccan companies to participate. The Council agrees with the format for the conference suggested r [...]
2004-03-26 14:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP PREL SP
04MADRID1040SPAIN:AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE RESPONSE
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Continental Asia Alejandro E. Albargonzalez San Martin told us March 25 that Spain's delegation will not be making new commitments to Afghanistan at the Berlin Conference. He noted that while Spain will carry out its previous pledge of $113 million through [...]
2004-03-29 05:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV AF SP NATO
04MADRID1052SPAIN: UPDATE ON ZAPETERO'S CABINET SELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Future Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is revealing his cabinet selections on a piecemeal basis as the government formation process procedes. Thus far he has officially named Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega as First Vice President of Government and Minister of th [...]
2004-03-29 14:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID1058SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/NOAA SYBIL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sybil Seitzinger, Program Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),to travel to Santiago de Compostela March 30-April 4 to attend the Conference Planning Committee for the Ameri [...]
2004-03-29 16:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID1061SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE RE ROAD SAFETY
[...] We delivered reftel demarche to the MFA, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Public Works, and the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs. 2. In follow-up conversations with Ana Paredes, Subdirector General of Services for Technical Bodies and Rosario Bernal Garcia, Head of Ser [...]
2004-03-30 10:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN AORC SP UN WHO
04MADRID1072NEW SOCIALIST MAJORITY APPEARS STABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The margin of the Socialist (PSOE) victory on March 14 should allow them to take power without any formal coalition agreements with smaller parties. While the PSOE's 164 seats fall 12 short of an absolute majority, it should allow them to govern stably, especially given the fac [...]
2004-03-30 14:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID1074SPAIN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met March 30 with Socialist defense minister-designate Jose Bono. The meeting was very pleasant and friendly, and Bono pledged to do his part to continue the fine relations the U.S. and Spain have developed over the years. He characterized himself as a "moderate soc [...]
2004-03-30 15:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
04MADRID1079SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CHR 60 RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff met with Augustin Nunez, MFA Director General for UN Affairs (A/S equivalent) on March 26 to follow up on our initial March 23 approach to senior MFA officials regarding the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Cuba and China resolutions (reftels A and B). We stressed our [...]
2004-03-30 16:25:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM CH CU SP UNHRC
04MADRID1092SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JORGE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jorge Sztein, Staff Scientist, National Eye Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona April 28-May 2 to participate in a post graduate course on Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare at the Universidad Autonoma. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2004-04-01 08:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1095SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPT OF TREASURY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott M. Albinson and Richard Riccobono, Office of Thrift Supervision, to travel to Madrid April 2-3 to meet with representatives of La Caixa. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers [...]
2004-04-01 10:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON OTRA SP
04MADRID1096SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF AND DEPSECSTATE
[...] (C) Summary: When you meet with Jose Bono April 5 in Washington, you will find this long-time Socialist party "heavyweight" an affable, smooth politician who could be a pro-U.S. voice of reason in the new government headed up by Socialist Party (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. We [...]
2004-04-01 11:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SP
04MADRID1099SPAIN: RESPONSE TO NPT PREPCOM III DEMARCHE
[...] (C) We presented reftel points to Marcos Rodriguez Cantero in the office of International Disarmament Affairs at the MFA on March 30. Rodriguez, who will be Spain's delegate to the PrepCom, said Spain would support U.S. proposals to strengthen the IAEA Board of Governors and the Proliferation [...]
2004-04-01 14:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP SP NPT IAEA
04MADRID1108SPAIN'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRAINING, NEEDS AND
[...] There is a significant amount of intellectual property (IP) training and education in Spain sponsored by government ministries, police entities, and industry groups. To add to GOS efforts, we have arranged working breakfasts, roundtables, and lunches with the active participation of governmen [...]
2004-04-02 09:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON SP
04MADRID1118SPAIN: PARTIAL RESPONSE TO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) We delivered reftel talking points and letter April 2 to Guillermo Kirkpatrick, the MFA's Deputy Director General for International Disarmament Affairs. We addressed the letter to Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Javier Gil Catalina, the under secretary-level official who deals with [...]
2004-04-02 14:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL SP
04MADRID1122AMBASSADOR'S OUTREACH TO GALICIA
[...] Summary: The Ambassador traveled March 30-31 to Santiago de Compostela, capital of the northwestern region of Galicia, to open the eighth in a series of regional seminars on E-Commerce and Internet for small and medium sized firms. The Ambassador took the opportunity to meet with President of [...]
2004-04-02 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ETRD PREL SP
04MADRID1131PROPOSED PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - SPAIN
[...] Summary: Below is the text of a proposed public announcement for Spain. The EAC met today and determined that an updated Public Announcement was warranted in light of the discovery of a bomb on the rail line used by the high speed train connecting Madrid and Seville earlier today. End Summar [...]
2004-04-05 06:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC SP PTER
04MADRID1140SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL EFFORD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Efford members, Richard Efford, Professional Staff Member, House Appropriations Committee (HAC),Cheryle Tucker, Leigha M. Shaw, Michael Malone and John Blazey, also from HAC, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, April 11-18. The purpos [...]
2004-04-05 15:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP
04MADRID1141SPAIN TERRORISM UPDATE: MARCH 11 TERRORISTS BLOW
[...] (SBU) Three weeks after the March 11 terror train bomb attacks, terrorism and the police fight against it continue to dominate the Spanish political and media landscape. In recent days, the police scored two successes: tracking down the suspected leaders of the March 11 attacks to a Madrid [...]
2004-04-05 18:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL SP
04MADRID1145SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARKUS RIES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Markus Ries, Research Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Sevilla April 22-25 to attend the 4th International Symposium on Lysosomal Storage Diseases Natural Course on Pathology and Therapy, an [...]
2004-04-06 09:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1146SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS THOMAS D. LORENSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Geologist Thomas D. Lorenson to travel to Barcelona April 16-24 to participate in a series of working meetings dealing with USGS and international academic partners ocean drilling program Leg 204 post cruise meeting, "Drilling Gas [...]
2004-04-06 09:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON EMIN SENV SP
04MADRID1154SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hans Frauenfelder from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Gran Canaria May 24-28 to participate in the 2nd SPIE International Symposium "Fluctuation and Noise" and to give a lecture on "Proteins are Highly Inhomogeneous Systems." 2. [...]
2004-04-06 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID1155SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV DENNIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis P. Roach from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Madrid May 05-15 to conduct FAA-sponsored work on the inspection of composite and metallic structures using advanced health monitoring techniques and other work related to homelan [...]
2004-04-06 10:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID1180Consular response to Terrorist attacks in
[...] Summary: March 11, 2004, eleven bombs went off in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring almost 1,500 in a series of attacks on commuter trains coming into Madrid and at three separate train stations between 7:30 and 8:00 am. Both the Consular Section and Embassy went into immediate action. [...]
2004-04-07 14:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CPAS CVIS CMGT PTER SP
04MADRID1186SPAIN: RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-07 16:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SP MAR
04MADRID1187ZAPATERO AND SPANISH TROOPS IN IRAQ: POLITICAL
[...] (C) Political pressure is high on incoming Socialist President Rodriguez Zapatero to fulfill his campaign promise to pull the 1300 Spanish troops out of Iraq absent a new UN mandate giving the UN the lead role. Zapatero is on the hook to demonstrate to his supporters that his surprise election [...]
2004-04-07 18:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID1188SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA JAMES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Hungerford, Research Chemist, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS to travel to Bayona-Vigo April 17-25 to present a lecture on seafood product research at the 11th Symposium on Sample Handling for Environmental and Biological Analysis. [...]
2004-04-12 11:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1200INVESTITURE SCHEDULE FOR SPAIN'S NEW SOCIALIST
[...] Summary. Spain's Congress of Deputies is slated to begin the investiture sessions to install the new Socialist government on April 15. Depending on whether the Socialist leader, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, receives an absolute majority or not on the first vote, he could be sworn in as Pres [...]
2004-04-14 06:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SP
04MADRID1201SPANISH RESPONSE: PRESS STATEMENT ON UNSCR 1534
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-14 06:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL SP UNSC UN
04MADRID1205SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joe Sostaric, Visiting Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Badajoz April 25-May 1 to give a presentation at the 9th Meeting of the European Society of Sonochemistry. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary [...]
2004-04-14 08:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1206SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS WILLIAM J. WINTERS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS William J. Winters, Civil Engineer, to travel to Barcelona April 19-22 to present and discuss laboratory test results at the Ocean Drilling Program LEG 204 post-cruise meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2004-04-14 09:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SP
04MADRID1207SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUSAN CHU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Chu, Associate Director for Science, NIP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Sevilla, May 6-9 to attend the 4th Symposium ESTEVE of Advances in Vaccines. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that b [...]
2004-04-14 09:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1208SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC JOANNE MEI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joanne Mei, Lead Research Chemist, Ph.D., Newborn Screening Branch, NCEH, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona April 24-28 to provide consultation to the Centre d'Etudis Epidemiologics sobre la Sida de Catalunya (CEESCAT). 2. Embassy understand [...]
2004-04-14 09:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1210SUSANA ESTEVEZ TO HEAD SPANISH DELEGATION TO UN
[...] Spain's MFA informed us that Spain will be represented to the April 14 UN Special Session in observance of World Health Day by Spain's Ambassador to the United Nations as well as by Susana Estevez, Head of International Relations, Ministry of Interior. 2. In a separate communication, the [...]
2004-04-14 10:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN AORC SP UN WHO
04MADRID1212SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC DAVID WARNOCK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David Warnock, Microbiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Bilbao, May 15-18 to give a lecture on "The Epidemiology of Invasive Candidiasis" at the Congress of Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology. 2. Embassy un [...]
2004-04-14 10:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1213SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC SEAN GALLAGHER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sean Gallagher, Research Physiologist, MIPB, NIOSH, CDC, DHHS to travel to Oviedo June 5-9 to visit the El Valle Gold Mine and the Carles Gold Mine to discuss the development of cooperative agreements and to observe gold mine operations. 2. [...]
2004-04-14 10:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI OTRA SP
04MADRID1217SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC BRIAN MAHY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Mahy, Senior Scientific Research Advisor, Office of the Director, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Madrid, April 22-25 to attend and be a speaker at the 2nd CISA Symposium on Animal Health. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nec [...]
2004-04-14 12:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1223SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JORAM PIATIGORSKY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joram Piatigorsky, Senior Investigator, National Eye Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid May 8-16 to attend a workshop titled "Genetic Control of Eye Development and its Evolutionary Implications." 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...]
2004-04-14 13:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1523 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 3, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED FRENCH POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL PROCEEDED TO THE ARREST OF THE AL [...]
2004-05-03 10:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1550TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EU EXPANSION: SPANISH PRIVATE
[...] SUMMARY. In a recent report, Spain's largest employers' organization, the Confederacion Espanola de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE),highlighted the challenges and opportunities for Spain presented by EU enlargement. Opportunities include potential for increased trade and investment, whi [...]
2004-05-04 11:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD SP
04MADRID1559SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA/EST OFFICER PAUL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA/EST Officer Paul Malik to travel to Barcelona May 15-19 to plan a meeting for a Middle East regional environmental workshop "Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture," organized with USDA and USEPA for Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli participants [...]
2004-05-04 12:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV SP
04MADRID1562SPANISH DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE COMMITTED TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Over lunch with the DCM and Economic Counselor May 3, Secretary of State for Budget and Finance Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez expressed his strong commitment to continued fiscal restraint and pushing forward Spain's economic reform agenda to spur competitiveness and enhance Spa [...]
2004-05-04 15:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID1569 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES, AND INFORMATION PER REFTEL, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: SINGH, DILBAG - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: AUG. 16, 1978, INDIA - AGE RANGE (26-30) - COMPLEXION: MEDIUM BUILD - EYES: BROWN - HAIR: SHORT BLACK [...]
2004-05-05 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1570SPANISH RESPONSE TO EURO-MEDITERRANEAN MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on May 3 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora said that the EU states will be presenting their Middle East reform proposal (the EU's equivalent of our Greater Middle East Initiative) to the Arab states at [...]
2004-05-05 11:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON KMPI PHUM PREL SP EUN
04MADRID1590SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEVE SIMON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steve Simon, Expert, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid May 23-June 2 to attend the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association and the 2nd meeting of the I-131 working group for the In [...]
2004-05-06 12:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1591SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Wojciech H. Zurek from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Santa Cruz de la Palma June 1-4 to present two papers titled: "Quantum Darwinism and Envariance" and "Decoherence and the Loschmidt Echo" at the University of La Lagun [...]
2004-05-06 12:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID1592SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC HENEINE,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DHHS/CDC Walid Heneine, Shoukat Qari, Jeffrey Johnson and Gerardo Garcia-Lerma to travel to Tenerife, June 8-12 to attend and present study data that supports CDC surveillance of transmitted HIV at the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Wor [...]
2004-05-06 12:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1593SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA GULDING, O'TOOLE,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA personnel John M. Gulding, Gary O'Toole, Patricia Friesenhahn, Julie Draper, and Angel L. Morales from FAA Washington, D.C. to travel to Madrid June 13-19 to participate in Working Group 2 Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...]
2004-05-06 12:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID1601SPAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE REGARDING AMENDED UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-06 14:49:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SP UNGA
04MADRID1619SPAIN BIOS ON OFFICIALS IN PRESIDENT'S
[...] (U) Summary: Over the past week, Spain's Council of Ministers has named new, top-level government officials. We are presenting biographical information on these new officials in three parts to keep you informed of our new political interlocutors in the Spanish government. This cable provid [...]
2004-05-07 11:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID1620SPAIN BIOS ON NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
[...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a three part series on new top-level officials in the Spanish government. Biographical information on officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Defense is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Minis [...]
2004-05-07 11:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID1621SPAIN BIOS ON NEW JUSTICE AND INTERIOR
[...] (U) Summary: This is the final of three cables on new top level official in the Spanish government. Biographical information on top officials in Spain's Ministries of Justice and Interior is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Ministries of the Presidency, Fo [...]
2004-05-07 11:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID1622REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-07 11:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA SP
04MADRID1623SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOVA WADE STEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wade Steven Kingery, Attending Physician, VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, to travel to Madrid May 10-17 to participate as an invited speaker at the International Scientific Meeting, "Neuropathic Pain-Changin [...]
2004-05-07 11:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID1624SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA HERBERT,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA HQ and NASA Kennedy Space Center Clinton Herbert, Bernard Geldzahler, Timothy O'Brien, Bruce Ledford, John Kiriazes, and David Rainer to travel to Madrid, Moron, and Zaragoza, May 10-22 to hold meetings on security with tracking station of [...]
2004-05-07 11:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID1625REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE OF PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-07 11:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA SP
04MADRID1636 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: AL-FETORY, SHEREF - ALIASES: AL-FAYTURI, SARIF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: DEC. 10, 1973, BENGHAZI, LIBYA - CLASS: NEGATIVE - AL-FETORY RESI [...]
2004-05-07 14:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL
04MADRID1640SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA HQ and NASA Kennedy Space Center Jan F. McGarry, Michael Mishchenko, Richard Mushotzky, and Rebecca Gardner to travel to Madrid, San Fernando, Laredo May 10-July 9 to attend various meetings and workshops with NASA counterparts. 2. Emb [...]
2004-05-07 16:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID1651NEW SPANISH MINISTER OF INDUSTRY WANTS STRONG
[...] SUMMARY: In his May 5 courtesy call on new Minister of Industry, Tourism and Commerce Jose Montilla, the Ambassador raised USG concerns on protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Spain. The Ambassador also asked Montilla if rumors are true that the new administration is considerin [...]
2004-05-10 11:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR SP
04MADRID1652SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLIFFORD VOSS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Clifford Voss, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Cartagena and Barcelona May 23 - June 13 to attend and participate in the 18th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting (SWIM) and teach a workshop on seawater intrusion modeli [...]
2004-05-10 11:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY SENV ECON OTRA SP
04MADRID1656 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN EARLY MAY 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING FOR TWO ASSOCIATES OF MOROCCAN NATIONAL AMER EL-AZIZI, WHO IS BEING SOUGHT AGGRESIVELY BY SPANISH POL [...]
2004-05-10 14:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1657 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAR 23, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING SUSPECTED TERRORIST FOR THEIR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE 11 OF MARCH 2004 TERRORIST AT [...]
2004-05-10 14:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1690TAIWAN OBSERVERSHIP AT WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-12 10:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL TW SP WHO
04MADRID1691NEW SPANISH GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE AID
[...] This report is sensitive but unclassified and is not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) In an initial courtesy call on new Secretary General for the Spanish International Aid Agency (AECI) Juan Pablo de Laiglesia, de Laiglesia laid out the new Socialist government's vision for Spanish aid po [...]
2004-05-12 10:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PINR PGOV IZ SP
04MADRID1708 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...]
2004-05-12 15:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID1713 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE CORRECT DOB FOR THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST REPORTED IN REFTEL. 2. NAME: KHAYATA KATTAN, ABDULLA - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JAN. 24, 1961, ALEPPO, SYRIA - NATURALIZED SPANISH CITIZEN - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. KHAYATA WAS A KEY CONTACT OF DETAINED SPA [...]
2004-05-13 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1716SPANISH POSITION ON ROLLOVER OF UNSCR 1487
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Inigo de Palacio, MFA Director of UN Affairs, on May 7. De Palacio stated while no decision had yet been made, Spain may abstain on the vote to roll over UN Security Council Resolution 1487 this year. He said that the change from voting in favor to abstaini [...]
2004-05-13 11:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP UNSC KICC
04MADRID1730SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA EDMOND BARATTA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edmond Baratta, Radiation Safety Officer, WEAC, ORA, FDA, DHHS to travel to Madrid, May 22-28 to meet delegate for the Health Physics Society. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers [...]
2004-05-13 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1731DCM'S MEETING WITH MFA STATE SECRETARY BERNARDINO
[...] (C) DCM paid an initial call May 10 on MFA State Secretary Bernadino Leon, who said this was his first meeting SIPDIS with a foreign embassy since taking office. Leon made a point of saying that the new government wanted to have excellent relations with the U.S., especially on counter-terrorism in [...]
2004-05-13 15:10:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID1732SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA MCCLELLAND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Vincent John McClelland and Ann Courtland Heinrich to travel to Madrid May 23-29 to participate in the International Radiation Protection Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are remin [...]
2004-05-13 15:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID1733SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA A/S BILL BURNS
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA A/S Bill Burns, Staff Assistant Kevin Roland and EUCOM POLAD Terry Snell to travel to Madrid, May 18. 2. (U) Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Colin Cleary. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2386) [...]
2004-05-13 15:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP AMGT PREL SP
04MADRID1736SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARIA LANDI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Landi, Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona May 28-June 1 to participate in the Melanoma Genetics Consortium Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necess [...]
2004-05-14 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1739SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EVGUENIA I.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Evgenia I. Rainina from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to travel to Granada and Madrid May 21-June 3 to attend the Eigth World Congress on Biosensors in Granada, and attend the NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Madrid. 2. Emb [...]
2004-05-14 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID1741SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JACK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jack Bennink, Chief, Virology Immunology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, June 6-10 to Chair a session, "Immunodominance in Practice: Comparison Between [...]
2004-05-14 11:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1742SPAIN: ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY
[...] We spoke with high level officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (including the Spanish International Aid Agency) and Environment regarding reftel meetings. Secretary General for Pollution Prevention and Climate Change Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri expressed interest in sending a couple of his [...]
2004-05-14 13:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KSCA SENV TSPL IZ SP
04MADRID1743NEW SPANISH ENVIRONMENT OFFICIAL ON BIOTECH AND
[...] We met May 12 with the new Environment Ministry Secretary General for Pollution Prevention and Climate Change, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri. Our discussions focused on two of Gonzalo's key responsibilities: biotech and climate change. Biotech 2. We emphasized to Gonzalo the USG's interest in t [...]
2004-05-14 13:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO PINR SP
04MADRID1762SPAIN'S POSITION ON UNSCR 1487 ROLLOVER NOT YET
[...] (C) Charge delivered ref A points May 14 to Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon. In addition to ref A points, Charge made clear that President Zapatero, Foreign Minister Moratinos and other high-level officials in the Zapatero government have stated a number of times they wish to maintai [...]
2004-05-14 15:55:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP UNSC KICC
04MADRID1763SPANISH RESPONSE TO MAY 17-18 EU FMS MEETING
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora said that the new Spanish government would maintain Spain's previous policies on the issues being discussed at the next EU General Affairs and External Relat [...]
2004-05-14 16:19:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUN
04MADRID1767SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. DAVID DRASIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation (NSF) Dr. David Drasin, Program Director in the Division of Mathematical Sciences to travel to Barcelona, Seville and Madrid June 3-24 to give lectures and attend conferences at the cities above mentioned. 2. Emb [...]
2004-05-17 08:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID1768SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALISA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alisa Goldstein, Principal Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona May 28-June 3 to give a presentation to the Melanoma Genetics Consortium. 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...]
2004-05-17 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1769SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC MARK EBERHARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Eberhard, Director, Division of Parasitic Diseases, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Valencia July 18-24 to be the keynote speaker at a symposium and to participate in congresses, meetings and workshops during the IX European Multicolloquium o [...]
2004-05-17 09:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SOCI OTRA SP
04MADRID1770SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA NICHOLAS J.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Nicholas J. Curro from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Gran Canaria Island May 25-28 to participate at the "Fluctuations and Noise in Materials" Conference held at Maspalomas. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...]
2004-05-17 09:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID1771SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA GLORIA ELENA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Gloria Elena Chavez from Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Madrid May 21-30 to attend the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2004-05-17 09:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID1773SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MIKHAIL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mikhail Kashlev, Tenure Tack Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to San Feliu de Guixols in Catalunya and Seville May 29-June 5 to give a speech entitled "Cooperative Action of Chromatin-Remodelling" at the EURESCO Gene [...]
2004-05-17 09:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1777SPAIN ON NON G-8 PLEDGES FOR CHORNOBYL SHELTER FUND
[...] We delivered reftel points to Francisco Arana Landa, Subdirector General for Nuclear Energy in the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. Echoing the response he gave during our first approach on this issue (ref b),Arana said May 17 that no decisions have been made due to the change of gov [...]
2004-05-17 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY ENRG KSCA SP
04MADRID1792SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Codel Smith for travel to Madrid, May 23-25. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Joseph R. Babb. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2294) on his mobile (34-616-000-859) at home (34-91-575-0081) via fax (34-91-587-23 [...]
2004-05-18 10:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP
04MADRID1798SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO BECOME GLOBAL
[...] Per reftel Pol-miloff met May 10 with Guillermo Kirkpatrick, MFA's Director General for International Arms Control Affairs to revisit this issue. Kirkpatrick said given the new government is still getting into place, it is highly unlikely the GOS will make a decision on whether to become a G [...]
2004-05-18 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL SP
04MADRID1806IRAQ ASSISTANCE: MAY 25-26 DOHA MEETING ON IRAQ
[...] According to our contact at the Ministry of Economy, the GOS will be represented at the Doha Meeting by Technical Adviser Ines Menendez de Luarca Bellido of the Ministry of Economy's General Directorate for International Finance, and the Director of the Spanish Commercial Office in Dubai, UAE, [...]
2004-05-19 10:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SP
04MADRID1813SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA GERALD SCOTT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA/NMFS Gerald Scott, Supervisory Fishery Biologist, to travel to Madrid May 30-June 5 to participate in the 2004 International Commission for Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT),Exploratory Meeting for East Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefish Tuna. [...]
2004-05-19 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID1814SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NMFS SCOTT,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA/NMFS Fishery Biologists Gerald Scott, Mauricio Ortiz, Shannon Cass-Calay and Craig Brown to travel to Madrid June 25-July 5 to attend the Conference of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. 2. Embassy und [...]
2004-05-19 15:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID1815SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Beauchamp, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-8 to present a talk entitled "Integration of Auditory and Visual Information about Objects in Superior Temporal Sulcus" at the [...]
2004-05-19 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1816TERRORIST FINANCING: SPAIN'S ABILITY TO FREEZE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-19 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER EFIN ECON PREL ETTC SP
04MADRID1817SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC PALMER,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Sarah Palmer, Joseph Fitzgibbon, Michael Ussery, Frank Maldarelli and John Coffin to travel to Tenerife, Canary Islands, June 4-13 to participate in the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop Meeting. 2. Embassy understands th [...]
2004-05-19 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID1818SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC LAWRENCE COX
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Cox, Associate Director, ORM, NCHS, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, June 8-12 to attend the Privacy in Statistical Data Bases Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that b [...]
2004-05-19 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1831SPAIN: DISAPPOINTED BUT STILL ENGAGED AFTER
[...] (C) Spanish MFA officials were upset that Equatorial Guinean President Obiang allowed the opposition Convergence for Social Democracy Party (CPDS) to pick up only a handful of seats in the April 25 legislative elections. Citing serious voting irregularities, Spanish officials concluded that t [...]
2004-05-19 16:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EK SP
04MADRID1832SPAIN: MFA OFFICIAL SEES NO CHANGE IN CUBA POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met May 18 with Pablo Gomez de Olea, the MFA's deputy director general for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Gomez assured us the Zapatero government will maintain a tough stance on Cuba and will not unilaterally backtrack on the EU's strict common position on C [...]
2004-05-19 16:21:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CU SP
04MADRID1833SPAIN: READOUT ON US-EU OPEN SKIES NEGOTIATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: We spoke May 18 with Deputy Director for Air Transportation Development Eugenia Llorens, who participated in the latest round of US-EU open skies negotiations, about matters contained in Reftel A and her views on the possible outcome of the negotiations and its implications for Spain [...]
2004-05-19 16:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR SP
04MADRID1834 SPAIN REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS ICAO GROUP II RE-
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Embassy received a dip note from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation requesting USG support and affirmative vote for the GOS's reelection as member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, Group II [...]
2004-05-20 07:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SP ICAO
04MADRID1836IMPLEMENTATION OF EU TRACEABILITY AND LABELING
[...] In response to reftel request for information on implementation and enforcement of the new EU Traceability and Labeling (T&L) for food and feed regulations, we talked to the Spanish Food Safety Agency, the Spanish Food and Beverage Federation and the Spanish Feed Compounders Association regard [...]
2004-05-20 09:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EU TBIO SP
04MADRID1837SPAIN ON HYDROFLOUROCARBONS
[...] We delivered reftel points to the Ministries of Environment and Industry, Tourism and Trade. Juan Martinez Sanchez, Environment Ministry Subdirector General for Environmental Quality, responded May 18 that the new Socialist Administration is currently studying the draft regulation and therefo [...]
2004-05-20 10:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD XG BEXP SENV SP USTR
04MADRID1838NEW SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE SUPPORTS
[...] SUMMARY: In our first meeting with new Secretary of State for Tourism and Trade Pedro Mejia Gomez, he told us that Spain fully supported EU Trade Commissioner Lamy's efforts to move forward Doha negotiations and was not overly concerned about potential loss of agriculture subsidies, as long as [...]
2004-05-20 10:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR SENV EAGR SP
04MADRID1842IRAQI ASSETS: RASHEED BANK ASSETS LOCATED IN SPAIN
[...] (C) Working level contacts at SEPBLAC, Spain's financial intelligence unit, informed us that they located the suspected Rasheed Bank (REF A) assets during a recent unannounced (REF B) investigation of Banco Arab Espanol. The numbered account contained USD 25,863.79 and has been dormant since [...]
2004-05-20 11:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC
04MADRID1848SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. THOMAS HART
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Thomas Hart, Clinical Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 9-14 to present a lecture on the role of genetics and severe periodontitis at the 7th Congress of the European Academy o [...]
2004-05-20 14:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1850SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH CLAUDE RICKEY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/EH Claude Rickey Jones to travel to Madrid May 22-June 6 to participate in the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA-11). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. V [...]
2004-05-20 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA KSCA SENV TBIO SP
04MADRID1851SPAIN: APPROVAL FOR TRAINING SHIP EMPIRE STATE
[...] Embassy delivered March 2 a nota verbal to Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding the State University of New York (Suny) Maritime College crew of approximately 600 cadets and 75 crew officers aboard the Federal Training Ship Empire State that will stop in Barcelona from May 28 [...]
2004-05-20 15:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR SP
04MADRID1853SPAIN IPR: ABERRANT MOD CHIP RULING
[...] According to an April 2004 ruling made by Barcelona Penal Court 3, the installation of mod chips (devices that allow customers to alter their video game consoles so they can operate games downloaded from the internet or from other regions) is legal. The Guardia Civil had investigated the prac [...]
2004-05-20 16:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON SP
04MADRID1857IRAQ ASSISTANCE: NO CHANGES TO DATE ON SPANISH
[...] We discussed the status of Spain's pledge for Iraq reconstruction with Directorate General of International Finance Technical Adviser Ines Menendez de Luarca Bellido. Menendez said that her Director General and Secretary of State for Economy have not yet been able to discuss this matter with t [...]
2004-05-21 10:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL SP
04MADRID1861MEETING WITH MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPE AND
[...] (C) PolCouns and poloff paid an initial call May 17 with the MFA's newly-named Director General for Europe and North America, former Spanish Ambassador to Denmark and Lithuania Josep (Pepe) Pons. Previously, the Directorate General for North America had been combined with the Asia portfolio, [...]
2004-05-21 10:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID1864MFA'S NEW POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) MFA Political director Rafael Dezcallar told Polcouns in a May 20 meeting that Spain wanted to be helpful on Afghanistan but likely would have to determine whether resources would be available. He indicated the GOS likely would not be able to meet all of the requests the USG has present [...]
2004-05-21 13:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID1865SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEPHEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Stephen Marx, Chief, Metabolic Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona May 24-31 to give a lecture and to chair a session of talks at the 46th Congress of Spanish Endocri [...]
2004-05-21 13:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1866SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DANIELA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Daniela Seminar, Program Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, May 29-June 2 attend the International Consortium on Melanoma. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are remind [...]
2004-05-21 13:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1867SPAIN: DCM WITH SPANISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
[...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met with Spanish President Zapatero's national security advisor Carles Casajuana May 20 to brief him on our request for increased Spanish support for ISAF, urge the GOS to vote in favor of the UNSC ICC rollover resolution and share USG's initial thoughts on the UN [...]
2004-05-21 13:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP NATO
04MADRID1868SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LEONARDO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Leonardo Cohen, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-6 to serve as a keynote speaker at the 5th Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum. [...]
2004-05-21 13:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1869SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MIOTTI,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Paolo Miotti, Carolyn Williams, Sandra Lehrman, Rod Hoff, Jonathan Kagan and Margaret Johnston to travel to Barcelona, June 1-6 to attend the European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...]
2004-05-21 13:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID1870SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met May 18 with Jose Enrique Serrano, President Zapatero's chief of staff. Serrano said the Zapatero government planned to maintain the same excellent relations other Spanish governments have had with the U.S. since the administration of Socialist president Felip [...]
2004-05-21 14:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID1871NEA A/S BURNS IN MADRID
[...] (C) NEA A/S William Burns paid a five-hour visit to Madrid May 18, meeting with President Zapatero's new National Security Advisor, Carlos Casajuana, and the new Deputy Foreign Minister, Bernardino Leon. The Spanish expressed a desire to work with the US on such issues as encouraging better [...]
2004-05-24 11:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL SP MO AG IZ
04MADRID1877SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/BUCEN ARNOLD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau (BUCEN) Dr. Arnold Reznek, Economist, Center for Economic Studies, to travel to Barcelona June 7-12 to attend the Computational Aspects of Statistical Confidentiality Conference at the Escola D'Administracio SIPDIS Publica [...]
2004-05-24 15:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON OTRA SP
04MADRID1878SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC AMANDA SMITH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Amanda Smith, Project Manager, DHAP, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS to travel to Tenerife, June 8-12 to attend the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that [...]
2004-05-24 15:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1884SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SERGI FERRE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergi Ferre, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 23-July 2 to meet colleagues at the University of Barcelona in relation to several projects involving receptors. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2004-05-25 08:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1894SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CENSUS BUREAU'S
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricia J. Doyle, Census Bureau staff member, to travel to Lluria, Barcelona, June 7-12 to attend the international conference Privacy in Statistical Databases 2004. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2004-05-25 12:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON OTRA SP
04MADRID1895SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DAVID. V.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey David V. Fitterman, Research Geophysicist, to travel to Cartagena May 29-June 5 to represent the USGS and present a paper at the 18th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting. 2. For futher cables please note that only American [...]
2004-05-25 12:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON KSCA OTRA TPHY SP
04MADRID1905NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CIVAIR "INTENDS" TO
[...] We sent reftel A talking points in a letter welcoming Spain,s new Director General of Civil Aviation Manuel Bautista Perez and requesting an introductory appointment. To our surprise, Bautista responded notifying us of the GOS's "intent" to establish an open skies relationship. 2. An info [...]
2004-05-25 15:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR SP
04MADRID1918SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Grant, Health Scientist Administrator, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 25-28 to present a seminar, "Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches to Drug Addiction," at the Area d'Investigacio Farmacologica Ins [...]
2004-05-26 07:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1933SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV DAVID
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA, Office of Defense Programs, David B. Marks from Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Toledo May 28-June 5 to be a speaker at a conference about a system for performing computerized speaker and language identification in support o [...]
2004-05-26 11:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID1939SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRS. VINAY PATHAK AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Vinay Pathak and Wei-Shau Hu, Investigators, HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, June 7-12 to attend the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assi [...]
2004-05-26 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID1940SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. CARL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Director, Basic Science Program, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, June 1-3 to participate in the NIAID/European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. 2. Em [...]
2004-05-26 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID1941SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC HOLLINGDALE,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Hollingdale, Dr. Michael Kurilla and Mr. David Sorrentino from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-6 to participate in the NIAID/European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB [...]
2004-05-26 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID1942SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. RICHARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Richard Koup, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid June 6-10 to participate in the workshop on Immunodominance the Key to Understanding and Manipulating CD 8 T Cell Responses t [...]
2004-05-26 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY TBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID1954 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: NASSAR, MUSTAFA SITMIRYAM - AKA: "ABU MUS'AB AL-SURI" - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 1956, SYRIA - CLASS: POSITIVE (UNDER DIFFERENT POB) - [...]
2004-05-27 07:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1956 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED NOUREDDINE BOUHABILA ASSOCIATE OF ISLAMIC EXTREMIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA "ABBAS", WHO WAS FORMERLY BASED IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. BOUHABIL [...]
2004-05-27 07:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1984SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FTC STEVENSON AND RAMOS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Trade Commission officials Hugh Stevenson and Elena Gasol Ramos to travel to Madrid June 16-18 to attend meetings with the Spanish Data Protection Agency, Attorney General's Office and the National Consumer Protection Agency. 2. Emb [...]
2004-05-28 08:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR OTRA SP
04MADRID1991SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC MARY REICHLER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mary Reichler, Medical Officer, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Valencia July 16-25 to attend the 7th International Meeting on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases (MEEGID). 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2004-05-28 14:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1992SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA OSUNSANMI AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Omotunde Osunsanmi and Jacqueline Diaz-Albertini, investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona June 5-16 to visit Instituto Grifols S.A. and conduct an inspection to determine compliance with FDA's Good Manufac [...]
2004-05-28 14:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1993SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC KENNETH CASTRO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kenneth Castro, Director, DTBE, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona June 4-7 to be the guest speaker at the XXXVII National Congress of Sociedad Espanola de Neumologia y Cirugia Toraxica (SEPAR). 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2004-05-28 14:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID1995SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Leopoldo Raij, employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to travel to Santiago de Compostela June 9-13 to be a speaker for the 11th National/5th International Congress of Medicine. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessa [...]
2004-05-28 14:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID1997 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAHDJOUB-ZERROUG TERRORIST NETWORK IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: ZENIMI, REDOUANE - AKA: " [...]
2004-05-28 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2005COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TDY: FS-01 LAURA
[...] Laura Lochman, FS-01, 170-54-6808, requests country clearance to travel to Moscow for a TDY assignment as a Russian language student. Ms. Lochman is scheduled to arrive Moscow at 13:00, August 29, 2004, on Aeroflot 318 from Washington Dulles. Her TDY will last until completion of her Russian [...]
2004-06-01 05:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP RU
04MADRID2006SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met May 18 with Jose Enrique Serrano, President Zapatero's chief of staff. Serrano said the Zapatero government planned to maintain the same excellent relations other Spanish governments have had with the U.S. since the administration of Socialist president Felip [...]
2004-06-01 07:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID2012SPAIN'S ECONOMY MINISTER LOOKS FOR FISCAL
[...] Summary. Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Solbes described to Ambassador May 27 his role in the Zapatero government as finding a balance between the "excess enthusiasm" of his fellow ministers and maintaining the fiscal discipline committed to by President Zapat [...]
2004-06-01 15:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PTER ETTC SP
04MADRID2039 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2040 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2042 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2055SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. B. LEE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. B. Lee Fenton Hall, Section Chief, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 1-4 to participate in the NIAID/European Commission Symposium on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. 2. Please note that ca [...]
2004-06-02 15:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID2056SPAIN: T.S. EMPIRE STATE JUNE 6 BUNKERING IN
[...] Embassy communicated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding the change in date to June 6 for bunkering of the State University of New York (Suny) Maritime College Training Ship Empire State in Ceuta. 2. Embassy received a response June 2 from the MFA. An informal translatio [...]
2004-06-02 15:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR SP
04MADRID2083SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA EDWIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Edwin Hedvall, Resources Team Program Operations Assistant, to travel to Calela near Barcelona, June 15-20 to attend a training course offered by engineers for disaster relief. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2004-06-04 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAID SP
04MADRID2091SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carla Pettinelli, Chief, HIV Research Branch, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH; and Dr. Zvi Grossman, Adjunct Investigator, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID, NIH to travel to Tenerife June [...]
2004-06-04 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID2092SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NRC DENNIS DAMON AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis Damon and Andrew Persinko of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, to travel to Madrid and Salamanca June 5-13 to participate in a technical exchange on Integrated Safety Analysis Experience wi [...]
2004-06-04 14:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG TRGY SP TECH
04MADRID2093SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA LISA NAEGER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lisa Naeger, Microbiologist, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Canary Islands June 8-12 to attend the XIII International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2004-06-04 14:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2094SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA BRUNILDA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brunilda Torres, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 26-July 2 to visit Hospital Clinico Universitario and conduct a CDER high priority user fee due date, pre-approval bioresearch mon [...]
2004-06-04 14:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2095SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HECTOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA, Office of Defense Programs, Hector E. Lorenzana from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to travel to Madrid June 25-July 15 to present a paper at a scientific workshop attended by Spanish and international researchers in high-pressure [...]
2004-06-04 14:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2096SPAIN: VIEWS ON IRAQ RESOLUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY Spanish MFA Political Director Dezcallar, who now has overall Iraq responsibility in the MFA, told us June 3 that Spain appreciated the constructive and positive attitude evident in the US-UK revised text. He said Spanish President Zapatero personally had instructed Spanish UN P [...]
2004-06-04 15:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2101SPAIN-SYRIA: ASAD VISIT TO MADRID
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish MFA Political Director Dezcallar told us that Syrian President Asad during his June 1-2 visit to Madrid indicated he was fully willing to "go all the way8 with Israel to achieve peace ) but on the basis of the return of all Syrian territory. However, the Syrians said [...]
2004-06-04 16:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2118SPAIN: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS
[...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's energy sector. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for energy policy (para 2) -- Possible merger of gas, electricity and water companies (para 3) -- Low gas supply reserve may lead to brown [...]
2004-06-07 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG BTIO EPET SP
04MADRID2133SPAIN: TELECOM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
[...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's telecommunications and information technology sectors. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for telecom issues (para 2) -- Spain,s public television under review (para 3) -- New government [...]
2004-06-07 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINV EINT ETRD SP
04MADRID2136SPAIN'S ZAPATERO: STILL IN CAMPAIGN MODE
[...] (C) Summary: Almost three months after his electoral victory and a month and a half after formally taking office, Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) remain in campaign mode, intensely focused on winning a decisive victory for Spanis [...]
2004-06-07 15:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID2142OPPOSITION ECONOMIC SPOKESMAN: WE'RE WATCHING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Popular Party's (PP) Economic Spokesman in Parliament Arias told us his party is watching closely the development of the Socialist economic policy, which he characterized as a work in progress. He described both sides of the political aisle in Spain as strongly in favor of [...]
2004-06-08 10:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR SP
04MADRID2144SPANISH EU ELECTIONS - LOOKING FOR AFFIRMATION OR
[...] (C) The Spanish political scene is now focused on the June 13 European Parliamentary elections. Because of EU enlargement, Spain will elect 54 members, down from the 64 seats it received in 1999. With the EU elections coming only three months after the surprising March general elections, the [...]
2004-06-08 12:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP EUN PSOE
04MADRID2161SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NANCY RIVERA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Rivera, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Director, Structured Finance, to travel to Barcelona June 7-12 to attend a transportation conference and meet with OPIC clients regarding toll road and airport deals. 2. Embassy u [...]
2004-06-08 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OTRA SP
04MADRID2163SPAIN AND UNSC IRAQ RESOLUTION: PROMISE OF
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met June 8 with Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos to press him not only for a yes vote on the UNSCR on Iraq, but a strong, positive explanation of the vote that also included clear support for the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG). As he had said publicly to the press, M [...]
2004-06-08 17:01:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ SP UNSC
04MADRID2164AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SEVILLE, SOCIALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's June 3 visit to Seville, Andalusia Region President Manuel Chaves told him that Spanish President Zapatero seeks "normal, strong" relations with the US despite Zapatero's rapid withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq. Chaves, a long-time Socialist party "boss," [...]
2004-06-09 09:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL ECON SP MO
04MADRID2179COMMISSIONER JEFFREY MERRIFIELD'S OFFICIAL VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: COMMISSIONER JEFFREY MERRIFIELD OF THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) VISITED SPAIN MARCH 28 TO APRIL 2, 2004 TO CONDUCT THE SECOND ANNUAL HIGH LEVEL BILATERAL MEETING WITH THE SPANISH NUCLEAR SECURITY COUNCIL (CSN) AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NUCLEAR ENERGY INDUSTRY'S W [...]
2004-06-09 14:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOTRA ENRG TRGY SP TECH
04MADRID2180EU EXPANSION AMBASSADOR: PRO-TURKEY, DOUBTFUL ON
[...] (C) We met with Ambassador Jorge Fuentes, MFA Ambassador on Special Mission for EU Enlargement, on May 28 to discuss Spanish foreign policy inside the EU and the GOS's view on further enlargement. Fuentes agreed with our assessment that with the EU Parliamentary elections coming so soon after [...]
2004-06-09 15:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU SP EUN
04MADRID2181SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER PREVIEWS POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Ambassador Argyros, accompanied by DCM and PolCouns, met June 8 with Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono to reinforce NATO's and the USG's requests for Spanish support in augmenting ISAF and coalition operations in Afghanistan. As Bono's schedule permitted this meeting only several weeks [...]
2004-06-09 16:20:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2187EXTRADITION CASE OF ALEXANDER BOIKO
[...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Ivan Baptiste Jr. and Lourdes Timberman. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Ivan Baptiste Jr. and Lourdes Timberman, at Hotel Melia Fenix, Calle Hermosilla no. 2, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 4316700, f [...]
2004-06-10 10:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SP BOIKO ALEXANDER
04MADRID2201SPANISH RESPONSE TO JUNE 14-15 EU FMS MEETING
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on June 10 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. On general questions regarding the EU Constitution, Mora said he thought the EU Constitution would be approved by June 25. He said the double majority populatio [...]
2004-06-10 15:49:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUR
04MADRID2203SPANISH POSITION ON RENEWAL OF UNFICYP MANDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-10 16:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALCY GR KPKO SC TO SP
04MADRID2204MIXED SIGNALS ON IRAQ ASSISTANCE PLEDGES
[...] (C) An article in the June 9 issue of El Pais quotes Foreign Minister Moratinos as saying the GOS is reconsidering its USD 300 million pledge towards Iraq reconstruction. The article suggests the review comes because so little has been used. This statement seems to contradict Foreign Minister [...]
2004-06-10 16:49:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID2205SPAIN: POSITIVE ABOUT U.S. VIEWS ON IRAN/IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-13 10:48:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY SP
04MADRID2206SPAIN AGREES ON U.S VIEWS TO STRENGTHEN IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-13 10:48:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY SP
04MADRID2210SPANISH EU ELECTIONS: SOUR VICTORY, SWEET DEFEAT
[...] (U) The Socialist Party (PSOE) won Spain's EU Parliamentary elections on June 13, but by a smaller margin than expected, 43% to 41%. The two-point difference offers something positive to both major parties, though the Popular Party probably comes away with the moral victory. The Socialists w [...]
2004-06-14 11:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID2215AZNAR KEPT UNDER WRAPS IN EU PARLIAMENT ELECTION
[...] (C) Jose Maria Aznar did not participate in the Popular Party's campaign for the June 13 EU parliamentary election. With the Socialists making the war in Iraq and distancing Spanish foreign policy from the US their central campaign issues, Popular Party leaders decided that Aznar was too radioactiv [...]
2004-06-14 12:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SP
04MADRID2217SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMB THOMAS E. MCNAMARA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara, Senior Advisor for UN Counter-Terrorism matters, to travel to Madrid June 14-16 for discussions with government officials. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Political Officer Colin Cleary who can be reached at wor [...]
2004-06-14 14:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PTER PREL SP
04MADRID2218SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S SECRETARY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Lincoln Bloomfield, OSD Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Andrew Hoehn, OSD Commander Randall SIPDIS Hendrickson, Nathaniel Heller, EUR to travel to Madrid June 15-16 for discussions with government officials on the U. [...]
2004-06-14 15:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA OVIP MARR SP
04MADRID2230SPANISH DEPUTY FM CONFIRMS INCREASED AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon apologized to Charge June 14 on behalf of the Spanish government for negative remarks the Spanish first vice president made about Secretary Rumsfeld June 4. Leon also confirmed Spain will increase its participation in Afghanistan [...]
2004-06-14 17:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ SP UNSC KICC
04MADRID2236 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JUNE 9, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT THE ITALIAN POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIST RABEI OSMAN SAYED AHMED, ALI [...]
2004-06-15 10:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2247SPAIN WANTS TO NEGOTIATE OPEN SKIES BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the failure of the European Union Council of Ministers to endorse the proposed US-EU Open Skies agreement, Eugenia Llorens, Deputy Director General of Air Transportation, Ministry of Public Works (protect) told us privately of Spain's interest in negotiating a bilater [...]
2004-06-15 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR SP
04MADRID2248SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECONOMY: TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 14 meeting with Charge, Spanish Secretary of State for Economy David Vegara said the fight SIPDIS against terrorism finance, including close cooperation with the United States, would continue to be a priority for the Ministry of Economy and Finance. On Iraq reconst [...]
2004-06-15 16:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID ETTC PTER PINR SP
04MADRID2250ECONOMISTS OFFER MIXED OUTLOOK ON GOS ECONOMIC
[...] Summary: In a breakfast with the Ambassador, leading Spanish economists offered mixed views on the ability of Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Solbes to hold the line on sound economic policies in a heavily political cabinet. The economists cited as major policy challe [...]
2004-06-16 08:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2277 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: HAMOUYA, MOURAD - AKA: MALKI - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: UNKNOWN, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST RELATES THA [...]
2004-06-17 06:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2278 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST, ON JUNE 1, 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID, SPAIN, DETAI [...]
2004-06-17 06:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2279 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO CBP REPORTING, ON MAY 26, 2004, AT GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TEXAS, ALVARO BORRAS COMPDERA ARRIVED FROM MEXICO CITY, PRESENTED A SPANISH [...]
2004-06-17 06:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2280 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR POSSIBLE LINKS TO TERRORISM DUE TO THEIR SUSPECTED ASSOCIATION WITH "ANSAR AL- [...]
2004-06-17 06:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2281 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AFTER THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN, IN THE SCOPE OF THE UNIT OF ANTITERRORISM COO [...]
2004-06-17 06:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2295SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Claudia Johnson Lewis from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Zaragoza July 2-24 to conduct in field work dealing with geopmorphology and seismic hazards. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2004-06-17 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2296SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JOE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Joe David Thompson from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Sitges July 8-15 to present a paper and attend the 7th International Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...]
2004-06-17 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2297SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Rolando D. Somma from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Palma de Mallorca June 21-July 1 to visit Universitat de Illes Baleares and continue collaborations in the area of Quantum entanglement and condensed matter systems. 2. [...]
2004-06-17 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2298SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. PETER VARMAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Science Foundation (NSF) official Dr. Peter Varman, Program Director, Division of Computing and Communication Foundations to travel to Barcelona, June 27-30 to present a paper at the 16th ACM Symposium on Parallelism Algorithms and [...]
2004-06-17 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID2299SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/MSFC JOE T. HOWELL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joe T. Howell from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center to travel to Granada, June 27-July 3 to present papers at the 4th International Conference on Solar Power from Space. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Vi [...]
2004-06-17 16:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2300SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JOHN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA John NMN Singleton from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Sitges July 10-16 to give a lecture and attend the 7th International Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors (SNS 2004). 2. Embassy understands that no a [...]
2004-06-17 16:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2303LABOR LEADER SKEPTICAL ON ZAPATERO
[...] (C) Pol/Labor officer spoke June 16 with Jose Maria Fidalgo, Secretary General of Spain's largest trade union confederation, CCOO (Comisiones Obreras). Fidalgo expressed a cautious, wait-and-see attitude toward the Zapatero government. He said he was not yet convinced of Zapatero's seriousness. Zap [...]
2004-06-18 09:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB SP
04MADRID2313SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Robin Conwit, Program Director, Clinical Trials, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 26-30 to attend the European Neurological Society Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assista [...]
2004-06-18 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2314SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Murray Fingeret, Chief Optometry Section, VA Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, to travel to Barcelona June 28-July 5 to present a research on Perimetry at a major meeting dedicated to Permietry. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is [...]
2004-06-18 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID2316SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL ARTHUR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Arthur Nozik, Senior Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, to travel to Granada July 16-25 to present an invited lecture at the IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance [...]
2004-06-18 16:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2317SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARGARET
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Margaret Mooney, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona June 17-19 to attend the World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are [...]
2004-06-18 16:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2318SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT/NHTSA MICHAEL W.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael W. Monk, Director Vehicle Research and Test Center, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to travel to Madrid, July 10-16 to present a lecture at a Vehicle Safety Seminar at the University of Madrid. 2. Embassy und [...]
2004-06-18 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID2341 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN APRIL 2004, A MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDED BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE 11 MARCH 2004 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECTS AND ASSOCIATES AS FOLLOWS: [...]
2004-06-21 15:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2342 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING IS THE STATUS OF SPANISH INVESTIGATION OF SUSPECT BARCELONA-BASED TERRORIST CELL. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, POST HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE [...]
2004-06-21 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2343 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENTLY ARRESTED IN MILAN, ISLAMIC EXTREMIST RABEI OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, ALIAS: "MOHAMED [...]
2004-06-21 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2369BLOOMFIELD DELEGATION UPDATES SPANISH ON GLOBAL
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Lincoln Bloomfield and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy Andrew Hoehn briefed GOS officials June 15 on the latest USG thinking on the global defense posture review (GDPR) and its possible impact on Spai [...]
2004-06-23 10:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2381ZAPATERO ECONOMIC ADVISOR OFFERS VIEWS ON
[...] Summary. Miguel Sebastian, President Zapatero's key economic advisor, recently presented his analysis on Spain's productivity and economic growth to corporate leaders. Sebastian declared that Spain's relatively low labor productivity is the most important issue that may hinder future economic [...]
2004-06-23 15:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2394COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-24 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID2397POSITIVE SIGNS ON SPAIN'S IFC AND IRFFI PLEDGES
[...] Summary: A call to a key contact on Iraq reconstruction issues adds additional weight to assurances by high level GOS contacts that Spain would honor its Iraq Donors' Conference commitments. Our working level contact predicted the IFC $5 million and half of the IRFFI $20 million would be disbu [...]
2004-06-24 14:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID2398SPAIN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNEP'S STRATEGIC
[...] We shared reftel points with Ana Paredes, MFA Subdirector General for International Technical Organizations and Amparo Ramblas, Deputy Director for International Relations, Ministry of Environment. 2. Paredes responded that she has not heard of any proposed plan that would require the UNE [...]
2004-06-24 15:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL SENV SP
04MADRID2416SPANISH RESPONSE: MAINTAINING THE EU ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (C) Summary: Spain continues to say that they believe the human rights situation in China is improving and that the EU arms embargo no longer makes sense. (Note: In our various approaches to senior levels of the previous government, we received a similar response.) Spain believes that it is i [...]
2004-06-25 15:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH TW SP EUN
04MADRID2417SPANISH UNDECIDED ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff discussed reftel points June 24 with Marcos Rodriguez in the MFA's Office of International Disarmament Affairs. Poloff delivered the demarche jointly with Enrico Vencenti, political counselor at the Italian Embassy and Peter Spoor, first secretary political officer at t [...]
2004-06-25 17:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL SP CWC
04MADRID2418SPAIN'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several European researchers have published studies outlining the problem of Spain's underground economy. The most recent study, published by Friedrich Schneider in March 2004, claims that Spain's underground economy is currently equivalent to 22.3% of official GDP. Spain's co [...]
2004-06-28 07:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ELAB KIPR SP
04MADRID2427Country Clearance granted for NSF Dr. Junku
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-28 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY SP NSFO
04MADRID2429Country Clearance granted for NSF Dr. Kamal
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-28 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY SP NSFO
04MADRID2430Country Clearance granted for EPA Brobst and
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-28 15:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA SENV SP
04MADRID2440SPAIN: AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON INTERIOR
[...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, paid a courtesy call June 24 on Minister of Interior Jose Antonio Alonso. Ambassador thanked Alonso for all the support Embassy has received on various security issues and commented on the outreach already made by Alonso with his U.S. counterpart (Alonso ha [...]
2004-06-29 11:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
04MADRID2443 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, ON SUSPICION OF PLANNING A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE GROUP [...]
2004-06-29 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2449Country Clearance granted for USGS: Bricker
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-29 13:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SP
04MADRID2453SPAIN INCREASES MINIMUM WAGE MIDYEAR
[...] The Spanish Council of Ministers approved June 26 a 6.6% increase in the minimum wage to EUR 490.80 (USD 599.34) from EUR 460.50 (USD 562.40) per month. The new wage will be effective July 1. This increase will affect 600,000 workers. The increase in cost to the Spanish government is predict [...]
2004-06-29 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2477 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] THIS IS A REPEAT OF MADRID 002443. MADRID INADVERTENTLY OMITTED CLASS RESULTS FOR SUSPECTS. POST REGRETS INCONVENIENCE. 2. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 3. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUES [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2478 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY CONSIDERED ALERTING BEHAVIOR BY MOROCCAN CITIZEN SAMIR EL MOKHTAR. MOKHTAR WAS IMPLI [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2482 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 10, 2004, REPORTED THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES EXTRADITED THE ETA MEMBER, JUAN LUIS AGUIRRE LETE TO SPAIN, AFTER SERVING A SENTENCE IN F [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2483SPAIN - BIOGRAPHIES ON MFA DIRECTORS GENERAL
[...] (U) This cable provides biographies on new directors general in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI, Spain's equivalent of USAID). GOS directors general are roughly equivalent to State Department assistant secretaries; AECI directors gen [...]
2004-07-01 08:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL EAID SP PSOE
04MADRID2484OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: SPAIN
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Alvaro Rodriguez, MFA Director for Central and Southern Europe on June 30. Rodriguez stated that he would pass along our information to his MFA colleagues in Brussels, as he believed that there would be a meeting of the EU's Western Balkan Working Group on M [...]
2004-07-01 09:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC SP ICTY
04MADRID2487SPAIN AGREES TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-01 10:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL SP CWC
04MADRID2488SPAIN: STILL REVIEWING PSI INFORMATION SHARING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-01 14:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SP
04MADRID2492SPAIN: LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: The previous Spanish government under President Jose Maria Aznar was long in the forefront within the EU and on its own in criticizing Cuban human rights abuses, lack of movement toward democracy and absence of fundamental rights for Cuban citizens. The current government under Sociali [...]
2004-07-01 16:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALCU ETTC PREL PHUM SP
04MADRID2495Country Clearance granted for DHHS/FDA Neal
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA US SP
04MADRID2496Country Clearance granted for USGS: Smith-
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
04MADRID2497Country Clearance granted for DHHS/FDA Neal
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA US SP
04MADRID2498Country Clearance granted for NSF: Harper
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY SP NSFO
04MADRID2499Country Clearance granted for NIH/FIC - Uzel
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2500Country Clearance granted for NIH/FIC -Gahl
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2501Country Clearance granted for USNRC James
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 07:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA SP IAEA
04MADRID2502Country Clearance granted for USGS: Smith-
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
04MADRID2528SPAIN: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW CLARIFICATION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-02 15:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL CU SP
04MADRID2529SPAIN: ZAPATERO GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZES AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Zapatero government's Council of Ministers approved July 2 a substantial increase in Spain's presence in Afghanistan. Zapatero will put the contribution to a parliamentary vote Tuesday, July 6. We expect parliament to approve the contribution. The GOS has proposed to incr [...]
2004-07-02 16:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
04MADRID2530SPAIN: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy, meeting with the Ambassador June 30, was upbeat about the PP's showing in the June European Parliament elections and in the party's prospects to regain power. Rajoy upbraided the Zapatero government for causing strains with Washington and for [...]
2004-07-02 16:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2554IBERIA PULLING "MINI-HUB" OUT OF MIAMI; SALVADORAN
[...] Summary: Today, Iberia Airlines announced plans to fly directly to Guatemala and Panama, avoiding the Miami International Airport for "purely financial" reasons, beginning in October. Nevertheless, an Iberia contact told us that increased layover time due to new security procedures in Miami [...]
2004-07-06 15:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON CVIS SP
04MADRID2564BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECKS
[...] (SBU) We contacted Deputy Director General Angel Menendez Nava in the Office of International Relations at the Ministry of Defense to verify the legitimacy of licenses 05-9155569 and 05-9076385 between Eurocopter-France and the Spanish Air Force. In a letter to the Embassy, Menendez confirmed [...]
2004-07-07 10:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC SP
04MADRID2565SPAIN: UNSATISFIED WITH NPT PREPCOM III
[...] (C) Summary: The GOS was dissatisfied that the NPT PrepCom III conference did not focus on broad nonproliferation issues, according to the MFA's non-proliferation office. Our MFA interlocutors believe that unless substantive priorities are identified during follow-up consultations, the 2005 [...]
2004-07-07 10:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM SP
04MADRID2566Country Clearance granted for NSF SoConner
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 12:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NFSO
04MADRID2567Country Clearance granted for DVA Arthur Allen
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 12:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID2571Country Clearance granted for NOAA/NMFS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 12:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID2572Country Clearance granted for Ellen Dotson,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 12:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID2573Country Clearance granted for DHHS/CDC Zuzana
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 12:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID2574COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FIELD SUPPORT
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR FIELD SUPPORT SPECIALIST PORTLAND USEAC ELIZABETH VARGA. MS. VARGA WILL BE SERVING AN ADMINISTRATIVE TDY AND WILL BE WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IN MADRID FROM JULY 9 THRU JULY 24, 2004 AND IN BARCELONA FROM JULY 16 THRU 20, 2004. 2. HOTEL RESERVA [...]
2004-07-07 12:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP SP
04MADRID2579SPANISH PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES
[...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Parliament overwhelmingly approved July 6 President Zapatero's proposal to increase substantially Spain's troop presence in Afghanistan. The vote was 302 in favor, 10 against and 1 abstention. Only the former communist United Left party and several obscure parties [...]
2004-07-08 06:43:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID2587 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" REPORTED THAT SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN CITIZEN NASREDDINE BOUSBAA ON JULY 1, 2004. HE IS ACCUSED OF FORGERY OF OFFICIAL DOCUMEN [...]
2004-07-08 10:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2602VP SOLBES SAYS BUSINESS RELATIONS WITH U.S. CRUCIAL
[...] SUMMARY: AT a June 24 Embassy-hosted lunch, Second Vice President and Minister for Economy and Finance Solbes said the new Spanish Administration wants to foster U.S.-Spanish business relations. He reiterated his intention to retain budget stability and increase productivity while devolving [...]
2004-07-08 14:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN PREL SP
04MADRID2605SPAIN: MARINE SECURITY PROGRAMS
[...] SUMMARY: Per reftel request, we interviewed Spanish officials regarding marine security programs. No single GOS agency is responsible for marine security. Each regional port authority is responsible to assure that ports in its jurisdiction comply with International Ship and Port Facilities [...]
2004-07-09 08:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG PARM PTER PHSA SP
04MADRID2618SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON JULY 12-13 EU FMS
[...] (C) Summary: Spain sees the EU-ASEM summit in danger over the insistence of Asian nations to include Burma as a full member. The GOS supports the opening of an EC office in Baghdad and stresses the importance of holding at least one of the two planned elections in Afghanistan this Fall. On t [...]
2004-07-09 14:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP EUN
04MADRID2619SPANISH RESPONSE: RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on July 6 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. Mora was not able to give an immediate reaction, but later spoke to Poloff on July 9. He stated that Spain and the EU share the general concern with the USG rega [...]
2004-07-09 14:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SY SP
04MADRID2627SPAIN-UK: GIBRALTAR VISIT BY UK NUCLEAR SUB
[...] (U) The visit by the British nuclear submarine HMS Tireless to Gibraltar has provoked acute tension within the GOS towards Britain. The HMS Tireless, which arrived the morning of July 9, originally sparked controversy in May 2000 when it docked at Gibraltar for repairs after developing a crac [...]
2004-07-12 13:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2636SPAIN SUPPORTS EU PRESSURE ON DARFUR, INCREASES AID
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officer for sub-Saharan Africa Nuria Reigosa and the Spanish Agency for International Development Secretary General,s Head of Cabinet Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio regarding the imminent crisis in Darfur. Reigosa told us that at the July 12 [...]
2004-07-12 15:48:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID SP UNSC
04MADRID2649SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WESLEY PHILLIPS AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wesley Phillips and Jill Johnson, GAO Officials for travel to Madrid, July 18-20, to conduct a review of government and private sector practice for insuring against natural catastrophes and acts of terrorism. 2. Control Officer at Embassy M [...]
2004-07-13 16:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAGAO OTRA SP
04MADRID2659SPAIN: NEW "APPROACH" ON WESTERN SAHARA; VIEWS ON
[...] (C) The GOS is pursuing a new "approach" to resolve the crisis in the Western Sahara but its elements remain unclear, according to the newly appointed MFA Director General for the Mediterranean, Near East, and Africa, Alvaro Iranzo. The Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister is in the process of di [...]
2004-07-14 13:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MO WI SU SP USUN
04MADRID2660SPAIN SUPPORTS PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON SUDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-14 13:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SU SP UNSC
04MADRID2671 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. OVER SEVERAL DAYS IN EARLY-TO-MID JUNE 2004, THE SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL DETAINED NINE SPANISH NATIONALS FOR THEIR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACQUISITION, TR [...]
2004-07-14 13:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2678SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KILMARTIN, AVERILL,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William E. Kilmartin, DOE; William A. Averill, Los Alamos National Laboratory; David L. Carroll, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Whitney J. Creer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Mark D. Ladd, Sandia National Laboratories; Richar [...]
2004-07-14 15:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID2679IRAQI ASSETS: LISTING OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-14 15:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC
04MADRID2688 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE MORNING OF JULY 12, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED MARCH 11 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECT AND SPANISH CITIZEN, ABDERRAHMAN HAMMADI AFANDI. [...]
2004-07-15 07:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2692SPANISH RESPONSE TO CUBAN RESOLUTION IN ECOSOC
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-15 08:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SP
04MADRID2693SPAIN:ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY
[...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche to Juan Manuel Linares, MFA Deputy DG for UN Affairs, on July 13 and to Alberto Moreno, MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Affairs, on July 14. Both stated that they could not commit to a position on the proposed UNGA resolution, as the EU had not yet decided on a [...]
2004-07-15 08:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL IS SP ICJ UNGA
04MADRID2700SPAIN AND CUBAN OUTREACH
[...] (C) Ref A sought post's view on the likelihood the GOS or Spanish NGOs would participate in outreach to Cuban civil society to pressure the Castro government to hasten democratic transition on the island. We discussed Cuba with new MFA Director General for Latin America Sandomingo (Ref B). [...]
2004-07-15 15:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
04MADRID2708 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JULY 14, 2004, FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ETA. THE POLICE GAVE CHASE TO THE SUSPECTS AFTER THEY DROVE TH [...]
2004-07-15 16:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2712SPAIN: GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (C) Legat and other agencies have met and consulted at length on the release on bail July 13 of Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed. While there is disappointment within the rank and file of the Spanish National Police, they emphasize that it was a provisional release on bail. Prosecutorial Magistrate [...]
2004-07-16 07:05:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KJUS PGOV SP
04MADRID2724SPAIN: ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] We delivered ref A&B demarches July 15 to Manuel de la Iglesia, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain's total assi [...]
2004-07-16 15:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL HA SP
04MADRID2725SPAIN: FULFILLS IRAQI DINAR DONATION PLEDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-16 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID2729SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC LAWRENCE COX
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Cox, Ph.D., Associate Director, ORM, NCHS, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, July 24-29 to co-chair and give a presentation at the 18th International Federation for Information Processing Working Group, (IFIPWG) 11.3 Conference. 2. [...]
2004-07-19 10:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY SP
04MADRID2730SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. BHAVANI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Program Director in the Division of Information & Intelligent Systems, to travel to Barcelona, July 24-29 to attend the IFIP Database Security Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no other assistance is necessar [...]
2004-07-19 10:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID2731SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. RITA RODRIGUEZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Science Foundation's Dr. Rita Rodriguez, Program Manager in the Division of Computer & Network Systems, to travel to Valencia, August 20-30 to attend the European Conference of Artificial Intelligence and Workshop on Spatio Tempora [...]
2004-07-19 10:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID2732SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE SUSAN SCHOENUNG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Schoenung, DOE/EE, to travel to Madrid, September 6-8 to attend international collaboration on hydrogen importance to advanced technology development work at Sandia. 2. Embassy understands that no other assistance is necessary. 3. [...]
2004-07-19 10:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2733SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE PAUL C. MILES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul C. Miles, Principal Investigator, Sandia National Laboratory, to travel to Valencia, September 5-11, to present a paper at the Thiesel 2004 Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no other assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are r [...]
2004-07-19 10:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2735PRE-LICENSE CHECK, CARLOS GARCIA PANDO
[...] COMMERCIAL ATTACHE NICHOLAS KUCHOVA AND FSN TRADE SPECIALIST CARLOS PEREZMINGUEZ CARRIED OUT THE PRE-LICENSE CHECK OF ISCAL AT POETA ANTGEL GONZALEZ, 10 33204 GIJON (ASTURIAS),SPAIN ON JULY 15, 2004. 2. THE CS TEAM MET WITH CARLOS GARCIA PANDO, OWNER OF THE COMPANY, MR. JES [...]
2004-07-19 13:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC SP
04MADRID2745SPAIN: ASSISTANCE TO HAITI (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] We delivered ref A&B demarches July 15 to Manuel de la Iglesia, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain's total assi [...]
2004-07-19 16:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL HA SP
04MADRID2759SPAIN: RESPONSE ON MEK DETAINEE DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On July 9, the Spanish MFA finally responded with a definitive "no" to our 5/14 demarche (reftel) asking Spain to accept Mujahahedin-e Khalq (MEK) detainees. MFA Ambassador Fernandez de la Pena told us that the GOS has reviewed our request on an interagency basis, including MFA, Interio [...]
2004-07-20 12:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALIR PHUM PTER SP PREJ IQ
04MADRID2762SPAIN UNVEILS NATIONAL KYOTO PLAN
[...] SUMMARY: In an eleventh hour move to avoid EU penalties, Spain's Ministries of Environment and Industry unveiled the provisional National Allocation Plan (NAP) on 7 July. The NAP is the GOS attempt to bring domestic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in line with the first tranche of the Kyoto [...]
2004-07-20 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ENRG EPET SP
04MADRID2763SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY FURR, NACI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gary Wayne Furr, Contractor, NACI, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, to travel to Madrid, September 9-17 to participate in the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aeronautical Communications Panel (ACP) Universa [...]
2004-07-20 14:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID2764SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NICOLAS W. HENGARTNER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nicolas W. Hengartner, Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, July 24-31 to speak at the 6th World Congress of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no as [...]
2004-07-20 14:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2765SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NORA VOLKOW
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Santander, July 25-27 to attend the Menendez Pelayo International University Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2004-07-20 14:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2766SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DANIELA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Daniela Seminara, Program Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, July 21-27 to give a presentation at the study of familial colorectal cancer in the [...]
2004-07-20 14:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID2784RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: INST. TECNOLOGICO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-22 08:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC SP
04MADRID2790SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDA QUISENBERRY AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Beighley, Forest Manager, USDA, and Michael Quisenberry, Forest Health Protection, USDA, to travel to Seville, July 21-August 6 to accompany Portuguese forestry officials to a meeting with Spanish forestry officials in Seville. 2. Emba [...]
2004-07-22 09:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA SP
04MADRID2794SPAIN: 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] Spain - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement 2. This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Spain. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Cou [...]
2004-07-22 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KTDB SP USTR OPIC
04MADRID2795SPAIN TOYS WITH IDEA OF CULTURAL EXCEPTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spain's new Minister of Culture has vowed to find ways to help the Spanish film industry. The press has seized on her sometimes over the top remarks and is reporting that the GOS is pursuing a policy of cultural exception along the lines of the French model. A high-level Minis [...]
2004-07-22 15:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON KPAO SP
04MADRID2800SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MILITARY PROCUREMENT
[...] (S) Summary: The Spanish MFA told us it was unaware that Spanish firms have been involved in Iran's attempt to procure military and electronic equipment, according to officials in the Office of International Affairs of Disarmament. Such attempts would put Spanish business interests at odds [...]
2004-07-22 16:28:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IR SP
04MADRID2801SPAIN'S DELEGATE TO THE 2004 OXFORD TRACKING
[...] (U) Mr. Fermin Lopez, chief of staff for the Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade of Defense and Dual Use Goods at Spain's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism told Poloff July 22 that he plans to attend the October 25 Tracker workshop in Oxford, England. 2. (U) Lopez said that Spai [...]
2004-07-22 16:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPARM SP NTTC
04MADRID2803TOMAHAWK RELEASABILITY - SPAIN COUNTRY TEAM
[...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (SBU) The following is Mission Spain Country Team's assessment on releasability of the Tomahawk System to the Spanish Navy. 3. (C) In recent years the Spanish armed forces have significantly contributed to international peace, stability and the Global [...]
2004-07-23 08:23:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR SP
04MADRID2804SPAIN: LETTER FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO FM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-23 08:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP ODPC
04MADRID2830SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jaime Marquez, Senior Economist, Division of International Finance, Federal Reserve Board, to travel to Madrid, August 25-31 to attend a meeting of the Econometric Society, hosted by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. 2. Embassy understa [...]
2004-07-23 14:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN SP
04MADRID2831SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LONGSWORTH, KILMARTIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul M. Longsworth, DOE; William E. Kilmartin, DOE; and Tracy P. Mustin, DOE, for travel to Madrid, July 29-30 to meet with Embassy and Spanish officials for the signing of a MOU with Spain for the Megaports Initiative. 2. Control Officer a [...]
2004-07-23 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID2844SPAIN SUPPORTS REVISED DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-26 13:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SU SP UNSC
04MADRID2851SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY FURR, NACI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gary Wayne Furr, Contractor, NACI, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, to travel to Madrid, September 9-17 to participate in the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aeronautical Communications Panel (ACP) Universa [...]
2004-07-27 08:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID2852SPAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF CIRA AS
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche July 15 to Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena, Special Ambassador for Counterterrorism, and Juan Antonio Aliaga Mendez, the Ministry of Economy's Deputy Director for Inspection and Control of Capital Movements. In a July 22 meeting, Desk Officer Miguel Garcia- [...]
2004-07-27 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEP KVPR KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS SP EUN
04MADRID2854DEMARCHE ON NATO TRAINING IN IRAQ
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - Entire text. 2. (C) POLCOUNS discussed USG desire for "dual-hatted" command and control for the NATO training mission in Iraq (Reftel) with Spanish MFA Director General for UN, NATO, Counter-terrorism and non-proliferation affairs Arturo Laclaustra. Laclaustra was gratefu [...]
2004-07-27 14:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALIZ SP NATO MAPS
04MADRID2856SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hans Frauenfelder, DOE, for travel to Seville, September 13-18 to present a talk at the New Horizons in Stochastic Complexity Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of d [...]
2004-07-27 14:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID2871FINANCE MINISTER SOLBES CLEANS UP BOOKS
[...] SUMMARY: Finance Minister Pedro Solbes announced July 16 his intention to add EUR 6.14 billion (USD 7.4 billion),or 0.78% of GDP, of non-performing government investments to the 2004 budget. This is predicted to give Spain its first budget deficit (at 1.2% of GDP),since 1999. These liabil [...]
2004-07-28 07:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2872SPAIN: RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] (C) We reviewed the revisions to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with newly-designated Deputy Director General of International Armament Affairs Marcos Rodriguez July 8 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rodriguez told us that officials at Spain's Nat [...]
2004-07-28 10:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA SP CWC
04MADRID2873SPAIN'S NOMINATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICERS
[...] (U) Madrid nominates Mr. Brian B. Brown, Political Officer, to attend the September 28-29 conference on human rights reporting and advocacy in Washington. The following is Mr. Brown's itinerary: MON 27 SEP Depart Madrid Continental Airlines Flight CO 63 11:25 PM Arrive Newark 1:20 PM Dep [...]
2004-07-28 10:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF ELAB OTRA SP
04MADRID2877 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 11:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2898SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA'S O'BRIEN AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien and Thomas Friers, delegation from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid, Moron Air Base and Zaragoza Air Base September 11 - 24 to meet with Spanish government officials, participate in training, and site familiariza [...]
2004-07-29 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID2902TERRORIST FINANCE: VIEWS FROM THE WORKING LEVEL IN
[...] (C) Summary. SEPBLAC's (Spain's financial intelligence unit) working level officer responsible for terrorist finance issues, offered his views on legal and organizational issues affecting the fight against terrorist finance in Spain. He predicted that the regulations for Spain's 2003 Terroris [...]
2004-07-29 16:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PTER KTFN SP
04MADRID2903ANDALUSIAN FIRES RAVAGE 35,000 ACRES
[...] SUMMARY: Since July 27, forest fires have raged out of control and burned more than 35,000 acres in the Andalusian provinces of Huelva and Sevilla. Authorities have evacuated more than 1,160 people from the surrounding areas affected by the flames. The 2004 fire season may be one of the wor [...]
2004-07-29 16:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID SENV PGOV EU SP
04MADRID2904SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA THOMAS L. PAGANO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas L. Pagano, ATO-P, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, to travel to Madrid September 9 - 17 to attend and participate in the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aeronautical Communications Panel (ACP) Univ [...]
2004-07-30 08:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SP
04MADRID2909SPAIN: DEFMIN AND HIS DEPUTY ON S-80 SUBS WEAPONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY Ambassador Argyros phoned Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono July 16 to reinforce USG concern that the bidding process for the Spanish S-80 submarine weapons package, in which two U.S. companies are involved, remained open and transparent. Ambassador noted to Bono that the bid [...]
2004-07-30 11:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR SP
04MADRID2911PRE-LICENSE CHECK, INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE
[...] COMMERCIAL ATTACHE NICHOLAS KUCHOVA AND FSN TRADE SPECIALIST CARLOS PEREZMINGUEZ CARRIED OUT THE PRE-LICENSE CHECK OF INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE CASTILLA Y LEON AT LOPEZ BRAVO, 70, POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL VILLALONQUEJAR, BURGOS, SPAIN ON JULY 29, 2004. EX THERM IS A PORTABLE 50HZ, [...]
2004-07-30 12:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC SP
04MADRID2916MUSLIM OUTREACH WORLDWIDE
[...] Embassy Madrid welcomes this Muslim Outreach initiative and provides the following information about our outreach efforts: 2. Brief Context for Muslim Outreach efforts in Spain: An estimated 500,000 to one million Muslims live in Spain. Almost all are of foreign origin, with only about 3, [...]
2004-07-30 15:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM OIIP PREL EAID PHUM PGOV EUN OEXC SP
04MADRID2936SPAIN: RESPONSE TO PSI INFORMATION SHARING REQUEST
[...] (C) Spain concurs with the PSI proposal to share information with non-member countries, but Spanish defense officials continue to question its operational aspects and lessons learned. End Summary. 2. (C) Over the past few months, we have met with Marcos Rodriguez in the Office of Interna [...]
2004-08-03 05:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SP
04MADRID2937SPAIN MEGAPORTS MOA SIGNING AWAITING LEGAL COUNSEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: We accompanied Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Administrator Paul Longsworth and William Kilmartin of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to meetings with the director of Spanish Customs and the president of the Por [...]
2004-08-03 07:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL SP
04MADRID2955SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC AND ICJ ADVISORY OPINION
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director General of UN Affairs, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares stated that Spain will wait and see what the General Assembly presents to the Security Council before taking a definitive position, adding that, a [...]
2004-08-03 14:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL IS SP ICJ UNGA
04MADRID2958USOAS AMBASSADOR'S MEETING ON LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: In his July 29 meeting in Madrid with Spanish MFA Director General Sandomingo, USOAS Ambassador Maisto urged Spain to send observers to the Venezuelan referendum and to remain firm on Cuba. Maisto thanked the GOS for its decision to send police/troops to Haiti with a Moroccan [...]
2004-08-03 15:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MADRID2961SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC 1540 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) Summary. We delivered reftel demarch to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director Genral of UN Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga, Special Assistant to the Director General of the Coordination Unit for Spain's Participation in the UNSC, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares and Yt [...]
2004-08-03 15:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PK SP UNSC
04MADRID2963SPAIN ENCOURAGES EU ACTION ON MAOIST VIOLENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-03 16:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER KTDB NP SP EUN
04MADRID2964SPAIN UNDETERRED BY FAHIM'S REMOVAL FROM VICE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-04 06:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF SP
04MADRID2965SPAIN QUESTIONS EFFECTIVENESS OF REMOVING CAVEATS
[...] (C) Spain is reviewing restrictions it may have placed on Spanish forces that are participating in KFOR but would prefer to help strengthen Kosovo police forces to improve KFOR's effectiveness, according to Kosovo specialists at the Spanish Foreign Ministry. Following the outbreak of violence [...]
2004-08-04 12:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL YI SP NATO
04MADRID2966 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST INDICATES JORDANIAN NATIONAL OMAR QASEM RADWAN AL SHABOUL, WAS LIVING IN SPAIN AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH AT LEAST TWO KEY S [...]
2004-08-04 12:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL
04MADRID2967 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF LATE JULY 2004, THE SEVENTH BODY FOUND IN THE APARTMENT IN LEGANES, A SUBURB IN THE OUSKIRTS OF MADRI [...]
2004-08-04 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2977SPAIN NOTIFIED OF US INTEREST IN SPANISH OSCE
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche concerning Spain's candidacy for the 2007 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to Maria Victoria Scola Pliego, MFA Special Representative for OSCE issues, on August 4. Scola Pliego was encouraged by the U.S. position [...]
2004-08-05 08:08:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP OSCE
04MADRID2986SPAIN: "MIXITY" ISSUE IN GPS AGREEMENT
[...] On August 4, we passed reftel points and exchange of letters to Jesus Antonio Perez Blanco, Subdirector General for Airline Navigation Systems and Airports at the Ministry of Public Works. We also shared points with two MFA contacts: Emilio Fernandez-Castano, Director General of Internation [...]
2004-08-05 14:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA EU SP
04MADRID2991SPAIN ON HOSTAGE TAKING AND MURDER IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-06 14:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER IZ SP
04MADRID2992SPAIN LOOKS TO SYRIA RELATIONS AND UNSC ROLE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-06 14:28:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL PTER IZ SY SP
04MADRID3022CUBAN VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS FROM MADRID
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid wanted to examine overstay rates of applicants issued visas for tourist travel to the United States. Because of the wealth of information available on Cuban applicants, the Cuban community's travel patterns were studied. Post initiated a validation study to det [...]
2004-08-10 13:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CMGT CU SP
04MADRID3023U.S. NOTE VERBALE AND TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON
[...] (U) We delivered ref A U.S. note verbale and ref B talking points on UN General Assembly Resolution 58/41 regarding improvement of the effectiveness of the methods of work of the First Committee to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director General for UN Affairs, on August 10. Go [...]
2004-08-10 14:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PARM PREL SP CDG UNGA
04MADRID3052 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF MID-JULY 2004, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED AL QAEDA SUSPECT KHALED ABIDI, WHO WAS [...]
2004-08-10 15:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3059SPANISH HOUSING PRICES CONTINUE TO SOAR
[...] Housing prices continue to rise in the Spanish real estate market. According to Tinsa (Spanish society of home appraisers) the price of used housing was 16% higher and new dwellings 19% higher midway through the second trimester of 2004 than the same period of 2003. These numbers indicate th [...]
2004-08-10 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ABLD SP
04MADRID3066SPAIN/EU SUPPORT FOR THE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Following up on USOAS Ambassador Maisto's strong pitch to the GOS on the Venezuelan presidential referendum (ref a),Poloff delivered ref b points on August 10 to Javier Ignacio Martinez del Barrio, Technical Advisor to the Deputy Director for Countries within the Andean Community. Martin [...]
2004-08-11 10:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE KPAO SP
04MADRID3072SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Spring 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - seven - one for the Political Section, two for the Management Section, two for Public Affa [...]
2004-08-11 14:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID3073COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER
[...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Jeff Miller, House Armed Services Committee (HASC),and delegation, to visit Spain from August 24-25, 2004 for an overnight stop at Rota Naval Base. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is Econ Officer Richard C. Mer [...]
2004-08-11 14:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO PK AF IZ BA DJ EG SP
04MADRID3074SPAIN: MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-11 15:23:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD SP
04MADRID3075SPANISH MFA ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT CONDEMNING
[...] On August 5 we demarched the Spanish Foreign Ministry (MFA) encouraging Spain to make a strong statement condemning hostage taking and murder in Iraq (reftel). Assistant Secretary Burns raised the issue with Foreign Minister SIPDIS Moratinos August 8, and Moratinos requested a copy of Amb [...]
2004-08-11 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER IZ SP KPOA
04MADRID3077 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 7, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE SPANISH COUNTERTERRORISM POLICE AS THE SUSPECTED ME [...]
2004-08-12 11:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3079SPAIN REQUEST FOR USNATO MULTI-COUNTRY TOUR FOR FY-
[...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST, MADRID WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE SPACE FOR TWO SPANISH PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING MULTI-COUNTRY TOURS: - SFOR - ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE - NATO'S OUT-OF-AREA OPERATIONS 2. POST WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC NOMINATIONS SEPTEL, IN EARLY TO [...]
2004-08-12 11:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL SCUL SP NATO
04MADRID3080SPAIN ENCOURAGED BY US SUPPORT FOR WEOG ROTATION
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and Secretary of State Colin Powell's letter regarding US support for Western European and Others Group (WEOG) rotation for the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) membership to Gonzalo Alvarez Garrido, Acting MFA Deputy Director General for UN Affa [...]
2004-08-12 11:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOPDC PHUM PREL SP
04MADRID3093SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS JOANNE C.T.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joanne C.T. Ferreira, Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to travel to Barcelona, September 13-22 to participate in Eurostrataform Gulf of Lions research cruise aboard the R/V Oceanus, an American University National Oceanographics Labo [...]
2004-08-13 10:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TPHY ECON SENV SP
04MADRID3094SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE DENNIS L. SIEBERS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis L. Siebers, Principal Investigator, Sandia National Laboratory to travel to Valencia, September 5-11 to present a paper at Polytechnic University of Valencia. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors a [...]
2004-08-13 10:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3095SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE THOMAS SARKUS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Sarkus, Division Director, Advanced Energy Systems Division and Physical Scientist, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL),Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy to travel to Madrid, September 16-19 to inspect the Shell [...]
2004-08-13 10:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3096SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA ROBERT HENNES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Hennes, Team Leader, Milk Safety Team, Office of Compliance/Division of Cooperative Programs, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS to travel to Ventisilla, August 15-20 to conduct a National Conference on Interstate Mi [...]
2004-08-13 10:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3103SPAIN: GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 12:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KPAO SP NATO
04MADRID3105EU SANCTION FORCES SPAIN'S SHIPBUILDER INTO
[...] SUMMARY. The Spanish press reported late July that the European Commission has ruled that Spain,s Izar Naval Constructions, a quasi-public company, violated the terms of EU aid for the shipbuilding industry and must return EUR 1.1 billion (USD 1.35 billion). This payment return threatens the [...]
2004-08-13 14:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ELAB EWWT SP
04MADRID3106SPAIN REDUCES CIVIL SERVANT WAGE INCREASE
[...] SUMMARY. The Spanish press reported in late July that the new Socialist government is proposing a 3.2% increase in civil servant wages, rather than the 3.5% union goal, in the 2005 National Budget. This excludes the 0.3% allocated for the recovery of purchasing power lost in the last eight ye [...]
2004-08-13 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EFIN SP
04MADRID3118SPAIN: FURTHER REACTION TO GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE
[...] (C) Following up on ref A demarche and ref B reporting cable concerning U.S. Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR),we delivered the demarche August 15 to General Felix Sanz, the Spanish Armed Forces' Chief of Defense, and Admiral Francisco Torrente, Secretary General for Defense Policy at the [...]
2004-08-15 17:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KPAO SP NATO
04MADRID3126SPAIN WILL SEND MORATINOS TO OSCE CONFERENCE ON
[...] (U) The Spanish MFA has told us that Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos will be leading the Spanish delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination in Brussels on September 13-14. Alvaro Rodriguez Alvarez, [...]
2004-08-18 11:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SP OSCE
04MADRID3134SPAIN NOTIFIED OF US INTEREST IN SUPPORT OF WADE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-18 15:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SP
04MADRID3151SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. GEORGE THOMA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. George Thoma, Chief, Communications Engineering Branch, National Library of Medicine, NIH to travel to Marbella and Alicante September 5-14 to present technical paper, "Baysian Learning of 2D Document Layout Models for Automated Preservatio [...]
2004-08-20 10:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3152SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. KALU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kalu Ogbureke, Research Fellow, Craniofacial and Skeletal Disease Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH to travel to Madrid, September 4-11 to attend and collaborate with other oral pathologists at a conference [...]
2004-08-20 10:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3153SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. AURELIO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Aurelio Bonavia, Research Fellow, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid, September 4-10 to attend the European Virology 2004 Meeting and participate in the SARS Workshop [...]
2004-08-20 10:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3154SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. VALERIE GREGG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Valerie Gregg, Program Manager in the Division of Information & Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF) to travel to Zaragoza, August 27-September 4 to be a plenary speaker at the annual European Union's EGOV04 Research Confe [...]
2004-08-20 10:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID3155SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALLEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Allen Minton, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid, August 30-September 12 to discuss projects of common interest with Dr. Ge [...]
2004-08-20 10:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3163SPAIN: IMMIGRANT REMITTANCES ACHIEVE RECORD LEVELS
[...] Summary. The large increase in cash remittances by immigrants from Spain to their home countries has caught the attention of the general Spanish media and the business press this summer. According to the Bank of Spain immigrants and other foreigners residing in Spain have remitted approximat [...]
2004-08-20 14:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON SP
04MADRID3232MORATINOS AGREES WITH US POSITION FOR WEOG
[...] (C) Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos agrees with US efforts to reach a rotation agreement within WEOG to occupy the posts assigned in the Human Rights Commission. Poloff received the text of Moratinos' response to Secretary of State Colin Powell's August 11 letter (Ref A) fro [...]
2004-08-27 11:05:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOPDC PHUM PREL SP
04MADRID3246SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MUSTAFA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mustafa Dosemeci, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona and Oviedo, September 11-22 to meet with collaborators at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institut Municipal D,Investigacio Medic [...]
2004-08-27 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3247SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JOAN MALING
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joan Maling, Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, National Science Foundation to travel to Barcelona, September 27-October 4 to attend the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 8 Conference. 2. Embassy [...]
2004-08-27 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID3248SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT NEWMAN AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Newman and Richard Steketee, Medical Officers, DPD, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, September 21-25 to represent CDC as members of the Intermittent Preventative Treatment in Infants (IPTi) Consortium. 2. Embassy understands t [...]
2004-08-27 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SP
04MADRID3249SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS BOND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Bond, NASA Glenn Research Center to travel to Madrid, September 22-24 to visit INTA and participate in discussions on water film scaling and refurbishment upgrades. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visit [...]
2004-08-27 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3250SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK POTAPCZUK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Potapczuk, NASA Glenn Research Center to travel to Madrid, September 22-23 to meet with INTA on updates on current SLD research activities. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that beare [...]
2004-08-27 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3251SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLENN CADA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Glenn Cada, Research Staff Member, UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory to travel to Madrid, September 9-21 to present the latest DOE-sponsored research into biological effects of turbulence to international scientists and engineers. 2 [...]
2004-08-27 14:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3252SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD E. JENNINGS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard E. Jennings, Aerospace Engineer, Avionics Systems Branch, FAA to travel to Madrid, September 13-18 to attend ICAO ACP, Working Group C, UAT SARPS Meeting at INECO in Madrid. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2004-08-27 14:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SP
04MADRID3255SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. Delegation to Second World Urban Forum including Simmons, Panehal, Carlson, Lord, Freedman and Glenn with USAID; Shea, Sorzano and Lam with HUD; Parcher with the U.S. Geological Survey; Hirsch with the Smithsonian Institute; and Swaney [...]
2004-08-27 15:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SP
04MADRID3262SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JOHN CLAY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. John Clay, Senior Investigator, Ion Channel Biophysics Group, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH to travel to Palma Majorca, September 11-19 to give a presentation, "Irregular Firing of a Neuron," at the 24th Annua [...]
2004-08-30 10:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3263SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN MCCORMICK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen McCormick, Research Physiologist, U.S. Geological Survey to travel to Castellon, September 3-10 to attend and participate in the 5th International Symposium on fish endocrinology. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessar [...]
2004-08-30 10:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TPHY ECON TBIO SP
04MADRID3264SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES R. SCHWANK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James R. Schwank, Sandia National Laboratories, NNSA to travel to Madrid, September 19-26 to attend the conference, "Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visito [...]
2004-08-30 10:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3265SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. DANA A. BREWER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Dana A. Brewer, NASA Headquarters to travel to Madrid, September 21-25 to discuss details of NASA,s participation in the Radiation Effects on Components and Systems Conference in 2005. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...]
2004-08-30 10:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3273SPANISH CABINET APPROVES C02 EMISSIONS PLAN TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOS August 27 issued a Royal Decree-Law that launched a National CO2 Emissions Allocation Plan designed to both: (1) set Spain on course for meeting its CO2 emissions commitments under the Kyoto Protocol; and, (2) comply with the EU Directive intended to launch the EU's CO [...]
2004-08-31 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ETRD ENRG PGOV SP
04MADRID3600A MID-TERM LOOK AT SPAIN'S SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Spain's Security Council September presidency with Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director of United Nations Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga Saldanha, MFA head of UNSC Issues. Both stressed that Spain has tried to be an "honest broker" as the hea [...]
2004-09-21 06:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP UNSC UN
04MADRID3603COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH BROOKS, SHANNON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) personnel: Elizabeth Brooks, Shannon Cass-Calay, Joseph Powers, Gerald Scott, Guillermo Diaz, Mauricio Ortiz, Clarence Porch, Craig Brown an [...]
2004-09-21 07:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA EFIS OTRA SP
04MADRID3604SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DANIEL RUNDE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel Runde, USAID, Global Development Alliance, to travel to Spain from o/a October 16-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a conference on the importance of bilateral donor agencies and to work closely with donor foundati [...]
2004-09-21 07:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA SP
04MADRID3605A MID-TERM LOOK AT SPAIN'S SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Spain's Security Council September presidency with Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director of United Nations Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga Saldanha, MFA head of UNSC Issues. Both stressed that Spain has tried to be an "honest broker" as the hea [...]
2004-09-21 08:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP UNSC
04MADRID3614SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLARA OLAYA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Clara Olaya, Health Communication Specialist, OD, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 28-October 4, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present at a workshop entitled, "Narratives for Health," which will reach writers and [...]
2004-09-21 13:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID3625TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT POST
[...] (SBU) Information provided below is keyed to ref A's para. 5. 2. (SBU) DCM Robert Manzanares serves as Terrorism Finance Coordinator (TFCO). Phone number: 34 - 91 587 2205. E-mail: ManzanaresB@state.gov 3. (SBU) Economic Officer Carl Schonander serves as Deputy Terrorism Finance Coor [...]
2004-09-21 15:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SP
04MADRID3626SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENRY DIAZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Diaz, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 20-October 1, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate accomplishments under the NOAA/OGP Project on Historical [...]
2004-09-22 09:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA SENV OTRA SP
04MADRID3631SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANE KELLY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jane Kelly, Director of the National Diabetes Education Program, NCCDPHP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 29-October 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak and present a workshop on diabetes and to give a presen [...]
2004-09-22 12:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID3639 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS. 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF SEP. 20, 2004 REPORTED THAT FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED ETA TERRORISTS IN A POLICE ROAD BLOCK IN MONTAUBAN, FRANCE. THE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARMED AND DRIVING A S [...]
2004-09-23 09:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3643SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MORGAN HALL
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Morgan Hall, Officer-in-Charge of Spain and Malta, EUR/WE, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain from September 26-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy and Consulate personnel. 2. Control Officer for this [...]
2004-09-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
04MADRID3644SPANISH GOVERNMENT STRONGLY SUPPORTS NEW
[...] Summary: In a delayed response to ref A demarche, Technical Advisor Manuel Alhama Orenes in the Cabinet of Secretary of State for International Cooperation (aid) Leire SIPDIS Pajin, defined the new position of the GOS on international aid as "anything is possible". Spain is now a major sup [...]
2004-09-23 13:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL SP
04MADRID3647SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID W. MCKEE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David W. McKee, Department of State, to travel to Madrid, September 30 - October 2 to assist Embassy with its classified homepage on SIPRNET. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Suzannah Jones. She can be reached at work (34-91-587-238 [...]
2004-09-23 15:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAINF PGOV PINR SP
04MADRID3649REQUEST FOR SECURITY ADVISORY OPINION
[...] Post requests an advisory opinion in the case of Ryan Air pilots applying for C1/D and B1/B2 visas to work in the United States for a six month period. Over the past year, Madrid has seen several cases of pilots requesting visas for six weeks of training, followed by approximately 5 months of [...]
2004-09-23 15:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS SP
04MADRID3666COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CONSULAR
[...] Embassy Madrid grants country clearance and welcomes Harris Orkand information services contractors Timothy Curran, Fernando Canarte, and Nancy Rapin to Barcelona, Spain, from September 28 to October 15, 2004. 2. Your hotel information is: Hotel Princesa Sofia Plaza Pio XII, 4 Barcelon [...]
2004-09-24 08:46:00Embassy Madrid